The Red Notebook (Alma Classics)

Published posthumously, The Red Notebook is an autobiographical account of the youth of the author of the seminal Romantic novel Adolphe , relating Constant’s European travels and readings, as well as his first steps in society and romance. A spirited look at life and Romantic sensibilities on the eve of the nineteenth century, this narrative is a priceless document and a fine example of early autobiographical writing.