Les amitiés particulières

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Les Amitiés Particulières, by Roger Peyrefitte, is the story of an affair between two boys in a Catholic boarding school, and the ensuing tragedy when their love is discovered by a priest. 

The was translated into English, and made into a 1964 film, This Special Friendship, directed by Jean Delannoy. In 1953, Flammarion published a deluxe two volume edition, with illustrations by Peyrefitte's favourite illustrator, Gaston Goor.

Frontispiece, Volume I : Georges and Lucien flanking an angel

Title Page, Volume I : Georges reading a note with Lucien

Volume I : Georges observing the courtyard

Volume I : Georges and André in front of statue of Tarsicius

Volume I : Georges and Lucien at the piano

Volume I : Alexandre, Georges, and Lucien at communion

Volume I : Georges looking at Alexandre through the window

Volume I : Georges and Alexandre in the greenhouse

Volume I : Georges in the office of the Superior

Volume I : Alexandre and Georges in Father Lauzon's room

Volume I : The exchange of blood

Frontispiece, Volume II : Love between Alexandre and Georges

Title Page, Volume II : Alexandre and Love

Volume II : Georges and Lucien in the dormitory with Father Trennes

Volume II : Georges and Lucien serving mass with Father Trennes

Volume II : Maurice, the Superior, and Father Trennes

Volume II : Alexandre and Georges surprised in the cabin

Volume II : Georges remembers Alexandre bathing

Volume II : Georges and Lucien in the dormitory

Volume II : Georges and Alexandre meet near the greenhouse

Volume II : Georges learns of Alexandre's death

Volume II : Memories of Alexandre

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