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Adolphe is just past the his coming-of-age, but has a much more room to grow. As the son of a government official, Adolphe has a privilege of comfortable wealth and access to a good education, however, he feels trapped in routine, boredom, and a bleak world. Shaped by his... Read Full Overview

Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance... Read Full Overview

Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests he at last encounters Ellenore a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance... Read Full Overview

Adolphe 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... Read Full Overview

Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance... Read Full Overview

We are such volatile creatures that we finally feel the sentiments we feign. First published in 1816, Adolphe is the story of a young man with all the privileges and advantages of a noble birth, bt who's still haunted by the meaninglessness of life. He seeks distraction in the... Read Full Overview

Adolphe 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... Read Full Overview

Benjamin Constant: Adolphe. Roman Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2022 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Entstanden: 1806/07. Erstdruck: 1817. Hier in der ?bersetzung von Josef Ettlinger,... Read Full Overview

Adolphe

Adolphe 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... Read Full Overview

Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767-1830), n Lausanne, est un homme politique et crivain franco- suisse. Quittant la Suisse, Benjamin Constant arrive Paris 1795 et fait ses d buts politiques. Il publie les Lettres un D put de la Convention dans les Nouvelles Politiques,... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Adolphe pose la question fondamentale de la responsabilite en matiere amoureuse. L'une des phrases les plus connues du roman claque comme une sentence sans appel: La grande question dans la vie, c'est la douleur que l'on cause, et la metaphysique la plus ingenieuse ne justifie... Read Full Overview

Adolphe est un jeune homme privil gi et raffin , ennuy par la stupidit qu'il per oit dans le monde qui l'entoure. Apr s un certain nombre de conqu tes insignifiantes, il rencontre enfin Ellenore, une femme plus g e belle et passionn e. Adolphe est ravi et use progressivement... Read Full Overview

Adolphe est un jeune homme privil gi et raffin , ennuy par la stupidit qu'il per oit dans le monde qui l'entoure. Apr s un certain nombre de conqu tes insignifiantes, il rencontre enfin Ellenore, une femme plus g e belle et passionn e. Adolphe est ravi et use progressivement... Read Full Overview