FR 138 The French Novel on Film
The Lover
Reading Questions, p. 64-94. 

1.  Who is Hélène Lagonelle?  What is the young girl's relationship to her?  How does she view Hélène?

2.  How does the younger brother's death touch the author?  Why do you think she keeps coming back to it?

3.  How do the townspeople and her fellow schoolmates treat the author when her affair becomes common knowledge?

4.  What does the mother think about the affair?