A new translation of the story John Fowles called the "greatest novel of adolescence in European literature" When Augustin Meaulnes arrives in Francois' home, he changes everything. Life in the little town where they both go to school suddenly becomes far more adventurous and exciting. On one of his escapades, Meaulnes gets lost in the countryside finds himself at an extraordinary party where he meets the girl of his dreams. From this point on he is haunted by her memory and devotes his life, with Francois' willing help, to finding her again.

The Magnificent Meaulnes (Le Grand Meaulnes) (Vintage Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Alain, Fournier

Contemporary

Vintage Classics

Le Grand Meaulnes

History & Criticism

Penguin??Books

Also known, and later filmed, as "The Wanderer", this novel is the story of a brilliant young man who was killed in action in 1914 at the age of 27.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Also known, and later filmed, as "The Wanderer", this novel is the story of a brilliant young man who was killed in action in 1914 at the age of 27.

Penguin Group USA

Alain-Fournier's only novel (he was tragically killed in the First World War) is one of the great novels of the twentieth century. This sensitive translation is reissued to mark the centenary of his birth.

The Lost Domain (Le Grand Meaulnes)

World Literature

Oxford University Press

The arrival of Augustin Meaulnes at a small provincial secondary school sets in train a series of events that will have a profound effect on his life. Lost and alone, he stumbles upon an isolated house, mysterious revels, and a beautiful girl. Determined to find the house again, and the girl with whom he has fallen in love, Meaulnes is torn between his love and competing claims of loyalty and friendship. This edition, published to celebrate the centenary of the work's publication, reprints Frank Davison's acclaimed translation that captures the elusive poetic subtlety of the original. In her new introduction, well known biographer and critic Hermione Lee discusses the special hold the novel has on readers and the literary qualities that have made it a modern classic.

The Lost Domain: Le Grand MeaulnesCentenary Edition

Lee, Hermione

Davison, Frank

Robert Gibson

Nelson Thornes Ltd

À la fin du XIXe siècle, par un froid dimanche de novembre, un garçon de quinze ans, François Seurel, qui habite auprès de ses parents instituteurs une longue maison rouge - l'école du village -, attend la venue d'Augustin que sa mère a décidé de mettre ici en pension pour qu'il suive le cours supérieur : l'arrivée du grand Meaulnes à Sainte-Agathe va bouleverser l'enfance finissante de François... Lorsqu'en 1913 paraît le roman d'Alain-Fournier, bien des thèmes qu'il met en scène - saltimbanques, fêtes enfantines, domaines mystérieux - appartiennent à la littérature passée, et le lecteur songe à Nerval et à Sylvie. Mais en dépassant le réalisme du XIXe siècle pour s'établir, entre aventure et nostalgie, aux frontières du merveilleux, il ouvre à un monde d'une sensibilité toujours frémissante, et qui n'a pas vieilli.

The Wanderer

DOUBLEDAY

Le Grand Meaulnes (Easy Reader) (French Edition)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Arthème Fayard

Towards the Lost Domain: Letters from London, 1905 (English and French Edition)

Carcanet Pr

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