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Adolphe (Art of the Novel) - Softcover

Benjamin Constant

 
9781935554097: Adolphe (Art of the Novel)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1935554093 ISBN 13: 9781935554097
Publisher: MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING, 2010

Synopsis

The classic French novel first published in 1816, which follows Adolphe, a young man with all the privileges of a noble birth, but who is haunted by the meaninglessness of life. He seeks distraction in the pursuit of the beautiful but older Ellenore, a fictionalised version of Madame de Staël. Young Adolphe, inexperienced in love, falls for her and falters under the burden of their illicit love, which isolates them from society at large. Constant's prose eschews the conventional descriptions of exteriors for the sake of detailed emotional accounts.

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About the Author

French politician and writer Benjamin Constant combined an extremely lively political career with fertile literary output and an enthusiastic series of liaisons with some of France's most prominent women. Among them were two of his mistresses, Madame de Stael and Madame Recamier, as well as his two wives.

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Publisher
MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1935554093
ISBN 13 
9781935554097
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128