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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814237003321

Autore

Alain-Fournier <1886-1914, >

Titolo

The lost domain : le grand Meaulnes / / Alain-Fournier ; translated by Frank Davison ; with an introduction by Hermione Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-19-166799-4

0-19-166798-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

813.0108354

Soggetti

Adolescence

World War, 1914-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the French.

Nota di contenuto

4. A Link with the Mysterious Domain5. A Man Wearing Espadrilles; 6. A Dispute behind the Scenes; 7. The Bandage is Removed; 8. The Police!; 9. In Search of the Lost Trail; 10. Wash Day; 11. I Betray my Friend; 12. Three Letters from Meaulnes; PART THREE; 1. The Bathing Party; 2. At Florentin's; 3. An Apparition; 4. I Bring the News; 5. The Outing; 6. The Outing (conclusion); 7. The Wedding Day; 8. A Signal from Frantz; 9. In the House; 10. Frantz's House; 11. A Conversation in the Rain; 12. The Burden; 13. The Exercise-book; 14. The Secret; 15. The Secret (continued)

16. The Secret (conclusion)Epilogue; Footnotes; Introductionfn; Part01ch02fn; Part01ch11fn

Sommario/riassunto

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, and that of his new friend François Seurel. It is Seurel who recalls the impact of le grand Meaulnes, disruptive and charismatic, on his schoolmates, and the encounter that is to haunt them both. Lost, and alone, Meaulnes stumbles upon an isolated house, mysterious revels, and a beautiful girl. When hereturns to Seurel it is with the fixed determination to find the house again, and the girl with whom he has fallen in love. But the dreamlike days