The two friends set about retracing Meaulnes's path, and their journeys take them into manhood, when Meaulnes finds at last a way to bring his quest full circle. Seurel rightly guesses that Meaulnes met a young woman there, and that he is in love. He died, in battle, in the first month of the warthe war which was to forever transform European culture and whose 16 million casualties might be regarded as spectral escorts into the realm of modernism. The novel, published in 1913, a year before the authors death, is somewhat autobiographical especially the name of the heroine Yvonne, for whom he had a doomed infatuation in Paris. Alain-Fournier had begun a second novel when World War I broke out. He wakes in the midwinter nights to find Meaulnes pacing the room "like someone rummaging about in his memory, sorting out scraps." Meaulnes remains disconsolate, but finally reveals the nature of his travels, and the strange days of revelry at his unintended destination-the "lost domain" to which he is desperate to return and doesn't know how to find. Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who was killed in the first month of World War I. After Meaulnes's reappearance, Seurel notices his companion's unrest, and tries to uncover its source. When the youth sets off on an impetuous errand of a few hours and doesn't return for several days, events take a darker turn.
A tall, somber youth of 17, he instantly becomes the class ringleader, and is soon known as le grand Meaulnes. The tale is recounted by François Seurel, whose father heads the village school where Augustin Meaulnes comes to board. Le grand Meaulnes (version originale) (French only) Brigitte Fossey (Actor), Jean-Gabriel Albicocco (Director) Rated: G Format: DVD 90 ratings Amazon's Choice for 'le grand meaulnes' 1299 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns DVD 12.99 DVD Decem1 12.99 8.99 8.
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