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write the summary of the story the boarder by alain fournier

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The Grand Meaulnes Summary



Part One


Meaulnes’s arrival.

François, 15 years old, is the narrator of the book. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Seurel who are teachers at Sainte Agathe in Sologne and is studying there to become a teacher himself. Augustin Meaulnes, 17 years old, arrives at the school. His arrival is going to shake François's calm and lonely life. 'The arrival of Augustin Meaulnes is for me the beginning of a new life' wrote François.

Augustin, called 'Le Grand Meaulnes' by the other pupils, breaks the monotony of the school establishment and fascinates the students with his mysterious personality.




"A long red house with five glass doors...."
In the first part of The Grand Meaulnes, Alain-Fournier describes the school of the village where he leaved between 1891 and 1898


Meaulnes’s departure

A few days before Christmas, one of the students, Moucheboeuf, is chosen by Mr. Seurel to meet François's grandparents at Vierzon railway station. Meaulnes does not appear to react to the choice of Mouchebouef, but the next day he disappears with Mr Florentin's carriage. During the night the carrriage is returned but Meaulnes is not to be found. Meaulnes has disappeared and reappears three days later without telling anybody where he has been. As soon as he is back home he draws a map in order to figure out where his jaunt has taken him. In the weeks that follow, François is perplexed by the behavior of Meaulnes - walking around his room as if he wants to leave again. He also notices that his friend is wearing the waistcoat of a marquis under his school uniform.


Meaulnes relates his strange adventure

At last Meaulnes tells François what happened during the days he was away. As he left home to pick up Francois's grandparents at Vierzon he lost his way. A couple of farmers offered to put his horse in their barn but the horse ran away. He tried unsuccessfully to catch it. Exhausted and having injured his knee, he rested for the night in an abandoned sheep pen.

In the morning he began walking again until he came to a mysterious estate where a party was being prepared. He saw young girls wearing old-fashioned clothes. As he did not want to frighten them he hid in an unused room and fell asleep. When he awoke he heard a strange conversation between two actors. They invited him to join the masquerade ball. Meaulnes disguised himself as a marquis. Children brought him into the great room where a dinner had been prepared for the engagement of Frantz de Galais, the son of the manor. He learned that Frantz had gone to Bourges to bring back his fiancée, Valentine. The couple had not yet arrived. Meaulnes took part in a farandole led by a tall Pierrot.

As they danced through the manor he discovered a peaceful room where a young woman was playing the piano for some children. 'It was like a dream, a dream he had before. He could imagine that this was his home, he was married and that this charming and unknown person playing the piano next to him was his wife...

Early the next morning, he had a fantastic encounter. Near the lake, Meaulnes saw the young woman from the previous evening and followed her onto a boat. Back on shore, they exchanged a few words. She introduced herself as Miss Yvonne de Galais and requested that he not follow her any longer.

The party ended abruptly. Frantz arrived home alone and announced that his fiancée would not be coming. Frantz left the manor in despair, leaving behind this note "My fiancée has disappeared and let it be known that she could not be my wife. I do not wish to live any longer".

As a carriage was bringing Meaulnes back to St. Agathe, he heard a gunshot and saw the tall Pierrot from the party - Ganache - carrying a body.


Part two


The gypsy

Meaulnes and François try unsuccessfully to find the mysterious estate on the map which Meaulnes had drawn upon his return. One night in February they hear strange noises outside and go to investigate. There they find a young gypsy with a ban
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