by Gérard de Nerval · Fayard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782842056094
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«Sylvie» is the short novel by Gérard de Nerval, published by Fayard in paperback (95 pages, in French).
A young Parisian remembers Sylvie, the peasant girl he loved in his youth, while Aurélie, an actress from Paris, seduces him and the figure of Adrienne haunts him. Nerval weaves past and present to speak of unattainable love, nostalgia and identity.
The volume belongs to the Mille et une nuits collection and corresponds to the French 2001 edition. The work, originally published in the 19th century, is a classic of French literature.
For readers of 19th-century French literature, classics in short form and tales of idealized love and memory.
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.
