Le Grand Meaulnes (Penguin Modern Classics)
Alain-Fournier's bittersweet novel of youthful ardour and longing is the story of Meaulnes and his search for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, our search for the unobtainable and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood.
Alain-Fournier's bittersweet novel of youthful ardour and longing is the story of Meaulnes and his search for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, our search for the unobtainable and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood.
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ISBN:
9780141182728 (0141182725)
Edition language: English
I am so glad that this French classic has been re-released to give others like myself who had never heard of this very interesting novel a chance to read it. Extremely well done, a quality that is both dreamy and surrealistic. So many strange elements all set in or near a boy's school. A fete given ...
IntroductionA Note on the Translation--The Lost Estate
Book sale pick up. Lovely in parts, but the high French romance does grate...
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