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

Constant, Benjamin, 1767-1830

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 - 1 online resource : multiple file formats

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_(roman) Release date is 2009-02-14

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"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.)



France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Commitment (Psychology) -- Fiction Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Wallenstein Theater -- Germany Militarism Despotism France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815

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