The classic French novel written by a soldier, who would later die during World War I, tells the story of Auguste Meaulnes and the "domain mysterieux."

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'He too began to chase the great pierrot through the corridors of the château...' A novel of desperate yearning and vanished adolescence, the story of Meaulnes and his restless search for a lost, enchanted world has the atmosphere of a dream and the purity of a fairy tale. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.

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Alain-Fournier's poems, while relatively few, are one of the small pearls washed up in the maelstrom of early twentieth-century France. Best known for his novel Le Grand Meaulnes, a posthumous classic, Alain-Fournier was killed in battle in 1914. His poems suspend a pre-war French idyll of warm evenings and rained-on orchards, silk-banded straw hats, lamp-lit farmhouses – and young love reaching out 'in the frightening dark, with timid fingers'. His lines fluoresce with the pain of memories which cannot be re-lived, and they combine elements of Symbolism, Impressionism and Imagism. The sun is an ambivalent force in these poetic narratives, which transform themselves as if they were dreams. The music of Debussy, the writings of Laforgue, and the paintings of Renoir can also be detected under the surface of Alain-Fournier's verse, which is provided here in a comprehensive English translation for the first time.

This book takes its cue from the annus miabilis for French culture to outline French modernism and to situate it on the map of global modernism. Essays on specific works in various media present the first narrative of French modernism as a critical category and establish its position in the thriving field of modernist studies.

Learn French with one of the most famous of French novels, Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier. The book is number 9 in Le Monde's 100 books of the century of world literature. This edition offers you the best way to learn French just by reading. No need to look up words with our interlinear material! Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who died a year after the book was published, at age 27. The novel, partly biographical, details the story narrated by fifteen-year-old François Seurel of his friendship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes tries to find back a girl he met at a costume party on a mysterious country estate after getting lost on a trip. We have added a word for word interlinear translation to the French text. This means that the meaning of every French word is immediately accessible, which in turn will make it much easier for you to expand your French vocabulary fast. Use the following method to learn French vocabulary fast and easy. Read the stories and re-read them until you know almost all the words. This is a fast process because there's no lookup time. Then focus on the remaining words that you still don't know by marking those in the text or noting their pages. Because of the literal and idiomatic interlinear text this is the best way to learn French reading fast. Also, contact us on shop.hyplern.com for non-translated pdf versions of this book with which you can practice reading French without the interlinear translation. The same goes for the mp3s that go with the text. Find the best app to learn french through reading on hyplern.com as well. It allows marking words and practicing them separately and includes a media player for the mp3s. The HypLern project has been creating manually word-for-word translated language material since 2006. The aim of our project is to allow students to start reading the language of their choice immediately, and expand their vocabulary fast. Check out our HypLern interlinear Dutch, German, Russian, Spanish or other languages on Amazon as well!

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.

Unlock the more straightforward side of Le Grand Meaulnes with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier, a coming-of-age novel which tells the story of two friends and the adventures they share. The timid young narrator, François Seurel, sees his life turned upside down by the arrival of the impulsive and heroic Augustin Meaulnes, and together they embark on a quest to recapture the magic of the mysterious “lost estate”. Le Grand Meaulnes has inspired two film adaptations, and was placed at number nine in the French newspaper Le Monde’s list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century. Le Grand Meaulnes is Alain-Fournier’s only finished novel; he died during the First World War in 1914, at the age of 27. Find out everything you need to know about Le Grand Meaulnes in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

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