The Lost Estate (Penguin Pocket Classics)

Description

'He too began to chase the great pierrot through the corridors of the ch teau...' A novel of desperate yearning and vanished adolescence, the story of Meaulnes and his restless search for a lost, enchanted world has the atmosphere of a dream and the purity of a fairy tale. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.

Reviews

Be whisked away into a world of naive wonder, idealized love and adolescent oaths. Considered one of the greatest works of French literature, The Lost Estate perfectly captures that magical period of youth when emotions are at their most intense. This coming-of-age tale carries all the hallmarks of Romanticism, and was a key influence to The Great Gatsby. - Caitlin, The Book Grocer

Author description

Alain-Fournier was born in 1886, the son of a country school-master. He was educated at Brest and in Paris, where he met and fell in love with the original Yvonne, who influenced his whole life and work. The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes), his only completed novel, was published in 1912. Two years later, Alain-Fournier was killed in action on the Western Front.