num_pages: 128
description: Dr Wood traces in detail the frequently paradoxical development of themes and situations introduced in the opening chapters and lays stress on the novel's intricate writing. He places the book in its historical, intellectual and biographical context and examines its reception by writers as various as Stendhal, George Eliot, and Tolstoy.
language: English
title: Constant: Adolphe
titlecomplete: Constant: Adolphe (Landmarks of World Literature)
ratings_count: 6
series: Landmarks of World Literature
publisher: Cambridge University Press