Novels about love, about first passion that flares up in a person like a flame. But love is a special feeling, and its paths are many. So, even if the plots of the novels resemble one another, each of them is full of nuances and shades, so full of irresistible charm that they can provide true aesthetic pleasure to the modern reader.
“Fear of Love” is not among Henri de Régnier’s most celebrated and widely known novels—such as “Living Past,” “Twice Loved,” or “At the King’s Whim” (“Le Bon Plaisir”). Nevertheless, it is one of the most complete and, in its own way, perfect works by the great French storyteller-poet.