Dominique in Bloomington, MN

While still at school Dominique de Bray falls in love with Madeleine d'Orsel, who is a few years older than he is. She discovers he loves her shortly after her marriage to someone else, and elects to cure him. Their moral distress rises to a climax when she falls in love herself. Offers a vision of chastity and pain which hints at the dark side of life, suggesting that there are other ends to existence besides mere happiness. First published in 1862, a remarkable and sober analysis of delirious passion.