by Benjamin Constant · J'AI LU · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290334607
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«Adolphe» is the novel by Benjamin Constant, published by J'ai lu in paperback (92 pages, in French).
Adolphe, a refined and disillusioned young man, conquers Ellénore, an older, passionate woman. The relationship becomes intense and tortuous: she gives herself without measure, while he distances himself without daring to break. The novel portrays with psychological acuity the contradictions of love and the fragility of the will.
Novel originally published in 1816; this French paperback edition offers the complete text.
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.
