Series:

Litterature

6 total works

Cover of Adolphe

Adolphe

by Benjamin Constant

Published 1 October 1961
Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance to his declarations of love. But as they embark on an intense and tortured affair, Ellenore gives way to a flood of emotion that only serves to repel her younger lover - yet he cannot bring himself to leave her and his procrastination can only bring tragedy. Partly inspired by Constant's own stormy affair with Madame de Stael, Adolphe (1816) is a penetrating psychological depiction of love that plumbs the depths of the passions, motives and inconsistencies of the human character.

Cover of Wallstein

Wallstein

by Benjamin Constant

Published 5 February 2010

Cover of Adolphe, Anecdote Trouvée Dans Les Papiers d'Un Inconnu Et Théâtre Allemand

Cover of Journal Intime de Benjamin Constant Et Lettres A Sa Famille Et A Ses Amis (Ed.1895)

Cover of Lettres de Benjamin Constant A Sa Famille, 1775-1830 (Ed.1888)

Cover of Entretien d'Un Electeur Avec Lui-Meme.