About the book
Set at the court of a prince in the German town of D***, Benjamin Constant's 1816 novel follows Adolphe, a minister's son of 22 fresh from his studies at Göttingen. Bored by a world he finds foolish, and inspired by a friend's seduction plan, he pursues Ellénore, the 32-year-old Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. The author's own relationships with Charlotte von Hardenberg and Madame de Staël partly inspired the story, though he denied it was a roman à clef.
Toolwatch.io co-founder Marc Montagne lists it among his favorites, saying nothing captures a young man's vanity and misery better.
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Marc Montagne (Co-Founder/Toolwatch.io)
I'll have to list another favorite with Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. There couldn't be a better description of the misery and vanity of a young man's heart.
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