Adolphe: Anecdote trouvee dans les papiers d'un inconnu - Softcover

Constant, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2266127780 ISBN 13: 9782266127783

Publisher: Presse Pocket, 2003

Synopsis

Adolphe est un jeune homme noble, promis à un bel avenir. Pourtant il s'ennuie, las d'une existence trop insipide à son goût. Lorsqu'il rencontre Ellénore, une femme mariée, il tombe éperdument amoureux d'elle et décide de la conquérir coûte que coûte. Mais dès qu'Ellénore quitte mari et enfants pour devenir sa maîtresse, Adolphe comprend qu'il ne l'aime plus, son désir n'ayant été attisé que par la difficulté de son projet. Incapable de quitter Ellénore, mais tout aussi incapable de continuer à vivre avec elle, Adolphe se trouve alors confronté à une situation inextricable.

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About the Author

Benjamin Constant (1767-1831) Margaret Mauldon has translated several French novels for OWC including Zola's L'Assommoir, Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma, and Huysmans, Against Nature, winner of the Scott-Moncrieff prize 1999. Patrick Coleman has edited Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality and Confessions for OWC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Presse Pocket
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2266127780
• ISBN 13: 9782266127783
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126