by Gérard de Nerval · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782080705679
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«Aurélia» is the narrative work of Gérard de Nerval published by Flammarion in paperback (387 pages, in French).
The narration moves through a dreamlike, melancholic world in which the real and the imaginary end up blurring together. The prose, of lyrical intensity, sustains that drift between the lived and the dreamed. The volume also brings together other texts by Nerval.
Edited by Jacques Bony in the GF collection, 1993. In addition to «Aurélia», it includes «Un roman à faire», «Les Nuits d'octobre», «Petits Châteaux de Bohême», «Pandora» and «Promenades et souvenirs».
Gérard de Nerval was the pen name of Gérard Labrunie, a French travel writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu, which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado". Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French readers to the works of German Romantic authors, including Klopstock, Schiller, Bürger and Goethe. His later work merged poetry and journalism in a fictional context and influenced Marcel Proust. His last novella, Aurélia ou le rêve et la vie, influenced André Breton and Surrealism.
