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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 Francois 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 he
returns 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 in the lost domain are evanescent, and Meaulnes is
torn between his love and competing claims of loyalty and
friendship. Alain-Fournier's lyrical novel captures the painful
transition from adolescence to adulthood without sentimentality,
and with heart-wrenching yearning. Romantic and fantastical, it is
the story's ultimate truthfulness about human experience that has
captivated readers for a hundred years. In her Introduction to this
centenary edition, Hermione Lee considers the qualities that have
established its reputation.
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