← Benjamin ConstantPolitical Writingsby Benjamin ConstantFind on Amazon↗About the authorBenjamin ConstantSwiss-French political activist and novelist whose short psychological novel Adolphe is a landmark of early French Romanticism. Its exploration of romantic disillusionment and moral paralysis anticipates the modern novel.More by Benjamin ConstantAdolphePsychological novella about a man's obsessive and destructive love affair→CecileShort novel tracing a woman's emotional entanglement and moral decline→The Red Notebook→My LifeAutobiographical reflection on Constant's life, politics, and personal struggles→