Оберман (Письма Обермана, изданные Сенанкуром)

Etienne de Senancourt's novel Oberman was published in 1804. At first it went completely unnoticed, and only in 1833, with the second edition undertaken by Sainte-Beuve, did it suddenly become for a while, as it were, the bible of a new generation of romantics. Sainte-Beuve called it "one of the most truthful books of the century," and George Sand spoke sympathetically about the book in the same vein. This is a series of letters from the protagonist, Oberman, a confession in letters, reflections on life, time, and oneself. The author wants to reveal the soul of a contemporary in an extremely pure form: he removes him from society, places him, as it were, in a social vacuum, leaves him alone with himself - and here, without any impurities, he analyzes the composition of the melancholy soul. The hero, having moved away from people, sends only letters about himself to the outside world, and since no answers are given from the addressee, the impression of isolation is aggravated...