What does Meaulnes mean in English?

Meaulnes is the surname of the chief character, but in English an unfortunate homonym of “moan”; so to call the novel The Big Meaulnes or The Great Meaulnes or (even, recently) The Magnificent Meaulnes is asking for trouble. Some translators simply leave it in French.

Where is Le Grand Meaulnes set?

France
Seurel, who is the director of the mixed-ages school in a small village in the Sologne, a region of lakes and sandy forests in the heartland of France. François is intrigued when 17-year-old Augustin Meaulnes, a bright young man from a modest background arrives at the school.

What genre is Le Grand Meaulnes?

Novel
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When was Le Grand Meaulnes written?

1913
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What is the title of the novel written by Alain Fournier and dedicated to his sister Isabelle?

The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) by Henri Alain-Fournier – Reading Guide: 9780141441894 – PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books.

How old was Fournier when he wrote Le Grand Meaulnes?

Fournier was a rare exception to this psychosocial rule. When still only 18, he was already expressing “nostalgia for the past”; five years later, he described himself as “haunted by the fear of seeing youth end”. Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

How did Fournier create the Dreamland in Le Grand Meaulnes?

Fournier’s piece of magic in Le Grand Meaulnes is to create a dreamland where these double negatives become a positive. When Meaulnes – the wanderer, the adventurer, the pathfinder – first stumbles upon the lost chateau, there is some kind of fête champêtre going on, with the partygoers dressed in costume from the 1830s.

Who is the sculptor of Le Grand Meaulnes?

as The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) (2007) by Robin Buss. as Big Meaulnes (Le Grand Meaulnes) (2012) by Jennifer Hashmi (for the English-speaking student of French literary fiction). Le Grand Meaulnes of Jean-Louis Berthod, French sculptor of Albens, Savoy. Sculpture made in lime-wood (130 cm x 140 cm) in 2014.

How old is Yvonne in Le Grand Meaulnes?

The novel, published in 1913, a year before the author’s death, is somewhat autobiographical – especially the name of the heroine Yvonne, for whom he had a doomed infatuation in Paris. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his friendship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love.