The thirteenth volume of the Correspondance générale contains over 400 letters dating from 1823 and 1824. 1823 marks a pause in Constant's active political career, following electoral defeat in November 1822. He focuses instead on putting the finishing touches to the first published volume of De la religion. He returns to active political life in February 1824, as Deputy of the Seine, in the last months of the reign of Louis XVIII.