When Augustin Meaulnes arrives in Francois' home, he changes everything. On one of his escapades, Meaulnes gets lost in the countryside and finds himself at an extraordinary party where he meets the girl of his dreams. From this point on, he is haunted by her memory and devotes his life to finding her again."

An unforgettable French masterpiece in the spirit of The Catcher in the Rye-in a dazzling new translation
When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, and charisma. But when he attends a strange party at a mysterious house with a beautiful girl hidden inside, he is changed forever. Published here in the first new English translation since 1959, this evocative novel has at its center both a Peter Pan in provincial France-a kid who refuses to grow up-and a Parsifal, pursuing his love to the ends of the earth. Poised between...