Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte is widely considered one of the classic pieces of romantic schoolboy fiction. It is the story of an older and a younger boy in a French boarding school who become romantically attached and about the tragedy that ensues when the affair is discovered and mishandled by the priests who run the school. The 'affair' actually is no more than some passionate letters and a couple of stolen kisses. It was translated into English and made into a film and in 1953 Flammarion published a de luxe edition in two volumes with lithographic illustrations by Peyrefitte's favorite illustrator Gaston Goor.
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| Frontispiece, Volume I : Georges and Lucien flanking an angel Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Title Page, Volume I : Georges reading a note with Lucien Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Georges observing the courtyard Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Georges and André in front of statue of Tarsicius Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Georges and Lucien at the piano Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Alexandre, Georges, and Lucien at communion Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Georges looking at Alexandre through the window Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Georges and Alexandre in the greenhouse Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Georges in the office of the Superior Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : Alexandre and Georges in Father Lauzon's room Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume I : The exchange of blood Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Frontispiece, Volume II : Love between Alexandre and Georges Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Title Page, Volume II : Alexandre and Love Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Georges and Lucien in the dormitory with Father Trennes Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Georges and Lucien serving mass with Father Trennes Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Maurice, the Superior, and Father Trennes Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Alexandre and Georges surprised in the cabin Gaston Goor (French 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Georges remembers Alexandre bathing Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Georges and Lucien in the dormitory Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Georges and Alexandre meet near the greenhouse Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Georges learns of Alexandre's death Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
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| Volume II : Memories of Alexandre Gaston Goor (French, 1902-1977) Les Amitiés Particulières by Roger Peyrefitte Paris : Flammarion, 1953 |
This blog post was originally a reblog of two posts (Part I & Part II) from Front Free Endpaper, a site that has since closed. The post has been updated to include the original images. Descriptions for each image have been added to provide context. Based on other information available online, it appears that this set of images is incomplete, lacking one image from each volume.
- E. Neagle, 23 December 2018
Thank you for these. They're quite wonderful. I'd never seen them all together before.
ReplyDeleteThe illustation in Vol II, Georges and Lucien serving mass with Father Trennes, is printed the wrong way round. Trennes seems to be wearing the maniple on his right arm, whereas it ought to be on his left.
ReplyDeleteThank you for publishing these lithographs; I have printed them and stuck them into my copy of the book.