Le Grand Meaulnes (Easy Reader) (French Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0719529913 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | French |
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Poignant And Magical - An Unforgettable Novel! "Le Grand Meaulnes" is, simply put, a beautiful novel. A friend recommended it to me recently, and after reading it once I know I will keep it to read over and over again. Alain-Fournier has written, with heartbreaking poignance, about a magical period between boyhood and manhood; a time that once gone can never be recaptured. T. "Haunting and Evocative Description of Lost Time" according to Donna Cunningham. Le Grand Meaulnes is a masterpiece of storytelling. I felt as if I were discovering the central mysteries of the book as they unfolded for the narrator. The descriptive passages were beautifully written, and my feeling after having finished the book is as haunting as its ending.. "Top 10 books of all time" according to Jru. This is one of top 10 favorite books. This is the 2nd copy I have purchased and I have lent them out to friends and family because it is such a great book.
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Seurel rightly guesses that Meaulnes met a young woman there, and that he is in love. His descriptive powers bring to the reader the sights and sounds--the icy winter winds and rattling carriage wheels--from an earlier time, all the while weaving a brilliant affirmation of loyalty and lasting friendship. A tall, somber youth of 17, he instantly becomes the class ringleader, and is soon known as le grand Meaulnes. He wakes in the midwinter nights to find Meaulnes pacing the room "like someone rummaging about in his memory, sorting out scraps." Meaulnes remains disconsolate, but finally reveals the nature of his travels, and the strange days of revelry at his unintended destination--the "lost domain" to which he is desperate to return and doesn't know how to find. "Often afterwards, when he had gone to sleep after trying desperately to recapture that beautiful image, he saw in