New Eloise

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (France)
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This novel is a significant work in French literary history, celebrated as a story that praises love as a noble human emotion, intertwining it with descriptions of beautiful natural landscapes. It has had a profound influence on later French literature. Julie and her tutor, Saint-Preux, fall in love but face opposition from Julie's father. Forced apart, Julie marries a Russian nobleman, Wolmar, who is vastly different in age and faith. Saint-Preux remains devoted to Julie, and Julie never forgets her former lover. However, as a wife, she remains steadfastly loyal to her husband. Wolmar fully understands their past love and completely trusts their virtue, inviting Saint-Preux to live with him and treating him with sincere friendship.