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Oct 03, 2014 as i read le grand meaulnes, one of the most acclaimed and popular novels that came out of the past century in france, i pondered the various aspects of the writers art, and how they can or cannot be translated from one tongue into another. A poll of french readers, he noted, placed it sixth of all twentiethcentury books, just behind proust and camus. In this weeks dispatches from the secret library, dr oliver tearle analyses alainfourniers curious novel about lost innocence. Le grand meaulnes has inspired two film adaptations, and was placed at number nine in the french newspaper le mondes list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century. The first edition of the novel was published in 19, and was written by alainfournier. And so does the fact that meaulnes is shot at the enda reference to the ww1 death of author alainfournierso that the death of meaulnes tragically mirrors the death of his creator. The lost estate le grand meaulnes penguin classics. Theres the basic plot and character framework, the general raw. Henri alainfournier booklist henri alainfournier message board. The lost estate le grand meaulnes penguin classics henri alainfournier.
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