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Le Grand Meaulnes

Alain-Fournier

Le Grand Meaulnes

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1913
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
557
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Romance, Adventure
Moods
Be enchanted, Fall in love, Be moved to tears, Travel back in time
Translated from
French

Book summary

One Sunday in November, Augustin Meaulnes, a daring teenager, arrives at the school in Sainte-Agathe and fascinates François, the schoolmaster's son. During an escapade, Meaulnes gets lost and comes to a mysterious estate where a strange celebration is being prepared. There he meets a young woman he will never stop searching for.

A novel of adolescence, dreams and nostalgia, which keeps alive the memory of that moment when we believe anything is possible.

François tells the story as a memory, and the novel is a pleasure to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Pesta tempat anak-anak menentukan segalanya. Tersesat di pedesaan pada puncak musim dingin, Augustin Meaulnes, remaja jangkung tujuh belas tahun, tiba di depan sebuah puri tua. Di sana sedang dipersiapkan pesta…

The world of the book

Sekolah desa, sekitar tahun 1890. Novel ini berlatar di sebuah desa di departemen Cher, di tengah Prancis. François, yang menceritakan kisahnya, tinggal di sekolah: ayahnya mengajar anak-anak yang lebih besar di sana…

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