Editing Anatole France (section)

==Early years==
The son of a bookseller, France, a [[bibliophile]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://benonsensical.com/blog/tag/famous-bibliophiles |title=Anatole France |work=benonsensical |date=24 July 2010 |access-date=30 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113174349/http://benonsensical.com/blog/tag/famous-bibliophiles |archive-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> spent most of his life around books. His father's bookstore specialized in books and papers on the [[French Revolution]] and was frequented by many writers and scholars. France studied at the [[Collège Stanislas de Paris|Collège Stanislas]], a private Catholic school, and after graduation he helped his father by working in his bookstore.<ref>{{cite book |author=Tylden-Wright, David |title=Anatole France |location=New York |publisher=Walker and Company |date=1967 |page=37}}</ref> After several years, he secured the position of cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre. In 1876, he was appointed librarian for the [[Senate (France)|French Senate]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Tylden-Wright, David |title=Anatole France |location=New York |publisher=Walker and Company |date=1967 |page=55}}</ref>