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Sylvie

Souvenirs du Valois

by Gérard de Nerval

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1853
Pages
39
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A theatre actress holds the narrator's attention night after night, her voice and stage presence feeding an ideal love. Gérard de Nerval's short French novel sets this fascination beside memories of Sylvie and the countryside of Valois. The English translation by Lucie Page includes poems and commentary by Andrew Lang, placing the prose story among reflections on love, old songs and remembered youth.

When the narrator returns to familiar places, a walk toward Hermenonville brings back childhood visits with his uncle. Oaks, birches, a lake and a crumbling Temple of Philosophy become markers of change, while his wish to see Sylvie gives the landscape a personal urgency. Readers interested in unreturned love and the workings of memory can follow how a present scene opens into an earlier life. The rural details make longing tangible through paths, buildings and sounds.

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Book facts

First published
1853
Reading time
About 80 minutes
Pages
39
Language
English
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