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Adolphe (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Benjamin Constant, Leonard Tancock (Translator) Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1980 ISBN-10: 0-14-044134-4 / 0140441344 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044134-5 / 9780140441345 Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance to his declaratio |