Le Grand Meaulnes (often translated as The Lost Estate or The Wanderer) by Alain-Fournier
is a classic French coming-of-age novel.
It follows François Seurel, a schoolboy in rural France, and his friend Augustin Meaulnes, a charismatic and restless young man. One day,
Meaulnes stumbles upon a mysterious grand estate where a beautiful celebration is taking place. There, he meets and becomes infatuated with
Yvonne de Galais. When he leaves, he loses his way and cannot return. Obsessed with finding the estate and Yvonne again, Meaulnes drags
François into his quest. The novel blends youthful idealism, friendship, and the bittersweet longing for a lost moment of enchantment. It
explores themes of adolescence, memory, and the gap between dreams and reality.
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