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020			_a9781529405545
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a843.6 CON
100			_aConstant, Benjamin _eAuthor
245			_aAdolphe / _cBenjamin Constant, translated from French by Alexander Walker, edited with a preface by Richard Sieburth.
300			_a130 pages ; _c20 cm.
520			_aAdolphe enjoys all the advantages of a noble birth and an intellectual ability, yet he is haunted by the meaninglessness of life. Thus, he merely seeks distraction in the pursuit of the beautiful, but older and married Ellenore. The young Adolphe, inexperienced in the language of love, fallsfor her unexpectedly and falters under the burden of an illicit love that is destructive to his public career. Unable to commit himself fully to Ellenore, and yet unwilling to face the pain he would cause by leaving her, Adolphe finds himself incapable of resolving an increasingly tragic situation. Written in a clear and thoughtful style, Adolphe (1816) reveals Constant's own experiences in love, while reflecting his anxieties for the possibility of any authentic commitment to someone other than ourselves, whether emotional or political, in a disenchanted world.
650			_aRevolution and empire 1789–1815 _vFiction.
650			_aMan woman relationship _vFiction.
650			_aFrench fiction.
700			_aWalker, Alexander _eTranslator
700			_aSieburth, Richard _eEditor
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