The Lost Domain

By Hermione Lee, Alain-Fournier, Frank Davison (translator)

Book cover of The Lost Domain: Le Grand Meaulnes

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The arrival of Augustin Meaulnes at a small provincial secondary school sets in train a series of events that will have a profound effect on his life, and that of his new friend Francois Seurel. It is Seurel who recalls the impact of le grand Meaulnes, disruptive and charismatic, on…

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1 author picked The Lost Domain as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The story of a boy growing up in France before World War 1, of friendship and love and a mysterious house to which the hero finds it hard to return, I have been mesmerized for a lifetime by this short novel, and it’s the basis for my own novel about Fournier’s life and loves.  

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