Constant, Benjamin

Adolphe (riverrun editions)

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ISBN 13:: 9781529405545
author:: Constant, Benjamin
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: riverrun
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2021
Pages:: 160
Dimensions:: 19.6 x 13 x 1.4 centimeters (0.3
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Classics, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
Availability:: Item usually sent within 10 working days

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Adolphe, a masterpiece of early nineteenth-century French prose fiction, is a tragic love affair between its narrator and his lover Ellenore, locked into a fatal dance of self-destruction. Published in 1816, this work is one of the earliest examples of autofiction.

The author's aim was to create an exemplary fiction with high moral purpose, also serving as an act of intimate self-vindication and revenge on his former lover, Madame de Stael. The result is a tautly-strung Racinian tragedy in prose.

This riverrun edition publishes Alexander Walker's translation and Constant's preface in a new edition for the first time since 1817, offering readers a unique opportunity to experience this influential work of French literature.

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