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My Penguin The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)

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Henri Alain-Fournier - Author
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Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 256 pages | ISBN 9780141033464 | 02 Aug 2007 | Penguin Classic
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When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when he disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden within it, Meaulnes has been changed forever. In his restless search for the happiness he found there, Meaulnes, observed by his loyal friend François, may risk losing everything he ever had. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain-Fournier’s compelling narrator carries the reader through a moving portrayal of vanished adolescence.


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The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) by Henri Alain-Fournier
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