Dominique

…His art criticism includes “Old Masters” (1876), which discusses 17th century painters from Flanders and the Netherlands. As a writer, he also wrote a travelogue about North Africa, but his most famous work is the semi-autobiographical novel “Dominique” (1863), which is based on his love affair with an older woman. Dominique has a secret love affair with his best friend’s cousin Madeleine, and continues to love her even after she becomes a married woman. Madeleine, who has not found happiness in her married life, also falls deeply in love with him, but in the end the two of them suppress their passion and break up. This is a masterpiece of the psychoanalytic novel in the French literary tradition. …

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…美術評論には，フランドル，オランダの17世紀の画家たちを論じた《昔日の巨匠たち》(1876)がある。作家としては，北アフリカ紀行もあるが，代表作は，自分が体験した年上の女性との恋愛を主題にした半自伝的な小説《ドミニックDominique》(1863)である。ドミニックは親友の従姉マドレーヌにほのかな恋情を抱き，彼女が人妻となったあとも慕いつづけ，結婚生活に幸福を見いだせなかったマドレーヌも彼を激しく愛するようになるが，結局二人は情熱を抑えて別れるという筋書きで，フランス文学伝統の心理分析小説の傑作である。…

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