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== Le Grand Meaulnes ==
 
Produced by Walter Debeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
LE GRAND MEAULNES
Par Alain-Fournier.
Préface.
Henri-Alban Fournier (Alain-Fournier est un demi-pseudonyme) est né le 3 octobre 1886, à La Chapelle-d'Angillon (Cher). Après une enfance passée en Sologne et dans le Bas-Berry, où ses parents sont instituteurs, il commence ses études secondaires à Paris, puis va préparer à Brest le concours d'entrée à l'Ecole Navale, à quoi il renonce bientôt, ayant compris qu'il ne pourrait jamais vivre loin de ces campagnes de son enfance qu'il a passionnément aimées. Il revient faire sa philosophie à Bourges. Puis, ayant choisi la carrière de l'enseignement des Lettres, il poursuit ses études au Lycée Lakanal, à Sceaux, où il se lie de profonde amitié avec Jacques Rivière (qui épousera en 1909 se jeune soeur Isabelle). Tous deux se lancent à la recherche de la vérité et de la beauté dans tous les arts: peinture, musique et surtout littérature, où ils seront les premiers à découvrir, parmi les jeunes écrivains - alors incompris et moqués - ceux qui deviendront les grands noms de notre époque: Claudel, Péguy, Valéry, etc. En juin 1905, Henri avait rencontré celle qui, sous le nom d'Yvonne de Galais sera l'héroïne du Grand Meaulnes. Brève rencontre, unique conversation le long des quais de la Seine, d'où est né en lui, cependant, ce qui sera le grand amour de sa vie. Il ne retrouvera qu'en 1913, après huit ans de recherches et de souffrances, pour une deuxième courte rencontre, "La Belle Jeune Fille", alors mariée et mère de deux enfants.
Ses études ayant été interrompues en 1907 par les deux ans de son service militaire, il ne les avait pas reprises. Il avait tenu alors quelque temps un Courrier littéraire, publié divers poèmes, essais, contes (réunis plus tard sous le titre Miracles), cependant que s'élaborait lentement l'oeuvre qui l'a rendu célèbre.
Et c'est quelques mois après la deuxième rencontre - la dernière - que parut Le Grand Meaulnes commencé presque au lendemain de la première, patiemment bâti, remanié, transformé au long de ces huit années, et qui est l'histoire, à peine transposée, de tout ce qu'il avait vécu jusqu'alors, et du grand douloureux amour qui a dominé sa vie.
Un an plus tard, il était tué aux Eparges, le 22 septembre 1914.
Sa soeur Isabelle, à qui est dédié le roman, après la mort de son mari, Jacques Rivière, en 1925, publia l'abondante Correspondance des deux amis; ensuite les Lettres au Petit B. (René Bichet, un gentil camarade de Lakanal) et les Lettres d'Alain-Fournier à sa Famille, puis des souvenirs sur son frère: Images d'Alain-Fournier, etc.
A ma soeur Isabelle.
== Première partie ==
PREMIÈRE PARTIE
 
CHAPITRE PREMIER
Le Pensionnaire.
 
Il arriva chez nous un dimanche de novembre 189...
Je continue à dire "chez nous", bien que la maison ne nous appartienne plus. Nous avons quitté le pays depuis bientôt quinze ans et nous n'y reviendrons certainement jamais.
Ligne 592 ⟶ 578 :
Vacillant comme un homme ivre, le grand garçon, les mains dans ses poches, les épaules rentrées, s'en alla lentement sur le chemin de Sainte-Agathe; tandis que, dernier vestige de la fête mystérieuse, la vieille berline quittait le gravier de la route et s'éloignait, cahotant en silence, sur l'herbe de la traverse. On ne voyait plus que le chapeau du conducteur, dansant au-dessus des clôtures...
== Deuxième partie ==
DEUXIÈME PARTIE
 
CHAPITRE PREMIER
Le Grand Jeu.
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Et ce fut un nouvel hiver, aussi mort que le précédent avait été vivant d'une mystérieuse vie: la place de l'église sans bohémiens; la cour d'école que les gamins désertaient à quatre heures... la salle de classe où j'étudiais seul et sans goût... En février, pour la première fois de l'hiver, la neige tomba, ensevelissant définitivement notre roman d'aventures de l'an passé, brouillant toute piste, effaçant les dernières traces. Et je m'efforçai, comme Meaulnes me l'avait demandé dans sa lettre, de tout oublier.
== Troisième partie ==
 
TROISIÈME PARTIE
CHAPITRE PREMIER
La baignade.
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Cependant la petite fille commençait à s'ennuyer d'être serrée ainsi, et comme Augustin, la tête penchée de côté pour cacher et arrêter ses larmes continuait à ne pas la regarder, elle lui flanqua une grande tape de sa petite main sur sa bouche barbue et mouillée.
Cette fois le père leva bien haut sa fille, la fit sauter au bout de ses bras et la regarda avec une espèce de rire. Satisfaite, elle battit des mains...
 
Je m'étais légèrement reculé pour mieux les voir. Un peu déçu et pourtant émerveillé, je comprenais que la petite fille avait enfin trouvé là le compagnon qu'elle attendait obscurément. La seule joie que m'eût laissée le grand Meaulnes, je sentais bien qu'il était revenu pour me la prendre. Et déjà je l'imaginais, la nuit, enveloppant sa fille dans un manteau, et partant avec elle pour de nouvelles aventures.
 
TABLE
 
Première Partie.
 
I. - Le Pensionnaire.
II. - Après quatre heures.
Ligne 1 662 ⟶ 1 653 :
XVI. - Frantz de Galais.
XVII - La Fête étrange (fin).
 
Deuxième Partie.
 
I. - Le grand Jeu.
II. - Nous tombons dans une embuscade.
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XI. - Je trahis.
XII. - Les trois lettres de Meaulnes.
 
Troisième Partie.
 
I. - La Baignade.
II. - Chez Florentin.
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XVI. - Le Secret (fin).
Epilogue.
 
 
 
 
 
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