Volupté
novel by Sainte-Beuve
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discussed in biography
- In Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve: Early critical and historical writings
…publication of Sainte-Beuve’s autobiographical novel Volupté in 1834. In this book the hero Amaury’s hopeless love for the saintly and unapproachable Madame de Couaën reflects its author’s passion for Adèle Hugo. Volupté is an intensely introspective and troubling study of Amaury’s frustration, guilt, religious striving, and final renunciation of the…
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