by Benjamin Constant · Buenos Aires : Espasa-Calpe, 1950 · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475511825
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«Adolfo» is the romantic novel by Swiss writer Benjamin Constant, published by Espasa-Calpe in 1950 in hardback, in Spanish.
Written in 1816, the novel tells the story of a sensitive and idealistic young man who becomes trapped in an intense and destructive love affair with an older, married woman. Through introspection and psychological analysis, it addresses passion, duty, individual freedom and the consequences of impulsive decisions; it is considered one of the first modern psychological novels.
First edition of January 1950, number 938 of the Austral Collection, with translation by Antonio Espina and 146 pages.
For readers of Romantic classics interested in introspection and the psychology of characters.
Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães was a Brazilian military officer and political thinker. Primarily a positivist, influenced heavily by Auguste Comte, he was the founder of the positivist movement in Brazil, and later this led to his republican views. He left the Brazilian Positivist Society because of internal disagreements, but remained an ardent pupil of Comte until the end of his life.
