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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

子どもたちがすべてを決める祭り。真冬の田舎で道に迷った17歳の背の高い少年オーギュスタン・モーヌは、古い屋敷の前にたどり着く。そこでは婚礼の支度が進み、屋敷の息子が婚約者を連れて戻ってくることになっている。客は昔の衣装をまとい、子どもたちがあちこち駆け回る。モーヌは、ひとりの少女がこう言うのを耳にする。

The world of the book

村の学校、1890年ごろ。物語の舞台はフランス中央部、シェール県の村。語り手のフランソワは学校に住んでおり、父が年長の子を、母が年少の子を教えている。オーギュスタン・モーヌは寄宿生としてやって来る。周囲には森と沼と湿地の広がるソローニュ地方がある。

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