The son of the house, who had been to fetch his fiancée, returns without her and says that he can no longer live. As with Alain-Fournier’s Yvonne, she rejects Meaulnes. This is, of course, Alain-Fournier’s Yvonne de Quiévrecourt, though, in the book, she is called Yvonne de Galais. He sees a young woman and is immediately attracted to her. Finally, he tells François that he lost his horse and ended up at a stately home, where he is invited to a costume party, in preparation for an engagement party for the son of the house. He disappears for three days and, initially, does not tell anyone where he has been. A new student arrives at the school, by name of Augustin Meaulnes, soon christened le grand Meaulnes (Big Meaulnes). The success of this novel can be seen by the number of English translations there have been.įrançois Seurel – am I alone in being reminded of Julian Sorel of Le Rouge et le Noir? – is a fifteen year old boy at a French boarding school. The nearest equivalent is probably Brideshead Revisited, though they are very different novels. However, what led to this is skilled writing and the idea of a great love and recreation of the past. This novel had a considerable success in the 1960s, as its dreamlike style was reminiscent to some of a drug-induced state.
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