Madame Melville
Subtitle: and, The general from America
By: Richard Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Richard, 1950-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Drama; Teacher-student relationships -- Drama; Women teachers -- Drama; Teenage boys -- Drama; Seduction -- Drama; Generals -- Drama; Paris (France) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: Madame Melville ; and, The general from America; General from America.
Description: "Madame Melville, set in Paris in 1966 before that city exploded in protest, presents the story of a fifteen-year-old American, Carl, and his beautiful teacher, Claudie Melville. In the course of one night and one day, the boy discovers an unimagined world where beauty, loneliness, sex, and art are one. The Daily Telegraph praised Madame Melville as "a play about art, music, friendship and the irrecoverable, unforgettable moment when an adolescent realizes that the world is full of wonder."".

"The General from America provides a rich portrait of Benedict Arnold, a man most often dismissed simply as a traitor (at least in the United States). Nelson's account of Arnold's search for love and country, and his discovery of only compromise and despair, will haunt readers and audiences."--BOOK JACKET.