Jacques has just come out well in the Ecole Normale Supérieure exam;it promises to be a wonderful Summer .He experiments love with Jenny De Fontanin,his best friend's sister ,and also with Gise ,his adoptive sister .His brother Antoine is passionately in love with Rachel ,an attractive woman with a firm independence of men.The Thibault's dwelling,in Maisons-Laffite ,is not far from the Fontanin's house ,which allows Jacques and Antoine to visit their friends ,unbeknown to their father ,who forbade them to see those protestants.
—dbdumonteil