Le Grand Meaulnes
In a small village in the Sologne, Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for theMore In a small village in the Sologne, Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood. Less
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Esteban del Mal rated it it was ok
over 3 years ago
Recommends it for: people who wonder what Cirque du Soleil would sound like if they talked
Dear Henri Alain-Fournier,
Some people claim you had great talent as a novelist. Many more would claim I don't. Is it fair that you died in World War I while I live, free to write this review and feeling like I'm having a bad morning because I didn't have all the usual ing. Read full review
Steven Godin rated it really liked it
Alain-Fournier's one and only novel due to his tragic death during the first world war evokes dreamlike memories of a bygone era, with an evocative and moving friendship all surrounding a long lost love. Set in a small French commune and the lush, pleasant countryside Fif. Read full review
Eddie Watkins rated it really liked it
over 2 years ago
When I was about 10 I spent what felt like an entire summer playing in a marsh with a friend. The marsh was a gradual discovery. Each day, as our courage increased, we penetrated deeper into it, crawling and hopping from tree mound to tree mound, until we had mapped out q. Read full review
[P] rated it it was amazing
about 2 years ago
Some time after leaving university I was in a club; and at one point in the, er, festivities I was tapped on the shoulder. I turned around, and there was an attractive blonde girl. She spoke my name; I stared back at her blankly. ‘Don’t you remember me?’ she asked. I had. Read full review
K.D. Absolutely rated it liked it
over 3 years ago
Recommended to K.D. by: 501 Must Read Books
Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri Alban-Fournier (1886-1914), a French author and soldier. Le Grand Meaulnes (1913) was his only novel, filmed twice and is now considered one of the greatest works of French literature. He was a friend to Andre Gide (1869-1951) who. Read full review
KamRun rated it really liked it
مولن (مون) بزرگ از آن کتابهایی بود که خودش مرا یافت تا بخوانمش و عجب تجربهی شیرینی هم بود. ماجرا از این قرار بود که میخواستم مولن کوچک ژان لویی فورنیه را بخوانم که متوجه ارتباطش با مولن بزرگ آلن فورنیه شدم و چنین شد که حالا بجای مون کوچک، در مورد مولن بزرگ مینویسم
Ben Winch rated it really liked it
about 2 years ago
A few moments later a strange equipage drew up in front of the glass doors: an outlandish old farm wagon with rounded panels and moulded ornaments; an aged white horse with head bent so low that he seemed to be hoping to find grass in the road; and in the driving seat―I s. Read full review
Helynne rated it it was amazing
about 8 years ago
Although Le Grand Meaulnes (sometimes translated as The Wanderer or The Lost Estate ) was written in 1913, which was more in the decadent or modernism era, this lovely, mysterious novel falls definitely into the category of late Romanticism. Just one year after publishing. Read full review
MJ Nicholls rated it liked it
over 5 years ago
Le Grand Meaulnes is supposed to be untranslatable, and this translation by French classics legend Robin Buss doesn’t convince me otherwise. The novel hinges upon the titular Meaulnes being such a charming force of character in a lower-class school, his name echoes down t. Read full review
Luís C. rated it it was amazing
The themes of childhood and wonder, idealized love and adolescent oaths are treated in such a way that one penetrates body and soul in the world of the great Meaulnes: one feels the cold, the smell of school, calm and whispering secrets.
For my part, I preferred the first. Read full review