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the books in the film


can anyone tell me what books antoine was reading in this film?

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The most important book in the film that Antoine is reading is Honore de Balzac's Le lys dans la vallee (The Lily of the Valley). The theme of the book intertwines initially with that of the film, since it is concerned with an intense but unconsummated love affair (although by contrast both of Antoine's relationships in the film are ultimately consummated - the difference, I suppose, between the 1830s and the 1960s!).

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Isn't an "unconsummated love affair" an oxymoron of sorts?

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