Adolphe : Anecdote trouvée dans les papiers d'un inconnu by Benjamin Constant
"Adolphe: Anecdote trouvée dans les papiers d'un inconnu" by Benjamin Constant is a novel published in 1816. This masterwork of psychological analysis chronicles the inexorable decay of a romantic relationship. Adolphe seduces Ellénore more from a desire to love than true passion, then finds himself trapped—unable to break free or truly commit. Caught between sincerity and self-deception, he drags them both toward destruction. The story unfolds as a manuscript found by chance,
revealing one man's devastating confession about the misery of the human heart. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Constant, Benjamin, 1767-1830 |
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| Title |
Adolphe : Anecdote trouvée dans les papiers d'un inconnu Suivi de quelques réflexions sur le théâtre allemand et sur la tragédie de Wallstein, et de l'esprit de conquête et de l'usurpation |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_(roman) |
| Credits | Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Commitment (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Wallenstein |
| Subject | Theater -- Germany |
| Subject | Militarism |
| Subject | Despotism |
| Subject | France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 28078 |
| Release Date | Feb 14, 2009 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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