<p>Armance is a romance novel following the story of Octave de Malivert, a quiet but intelligent young man almost out of a reputed higher education institute, drawn to Armance Zohiloff, who reciprocates his feelings. The novel explains how a series of misunderstandings have kept the lovers Armance and Octave apart. The young man Octave, a cynic at heart, falls in love, and this love of a pure and devoted girl changes his personality but stays sen...