How do I pronounce Meaulnes?

I want to buy a book with that in the title without looking like a complete tit in the bookshop!

Mohlnuh

If it's not a french book-shop, you should probably pronounce in a way an English speaker can find it.

I think i'm just going to write it down and give them it on the paper LOL

The "es" at the end is silent. So "MOHLN" is probably the closest

Cheers, yeah someone else just told me it ryhmes with moan so that sounds good!

Well, the 's' at the end is silent, unless the following word (if any) starts with a vowell, in which case it IS pronounced.

I'd say it "Meaolney", myself, but I'd also bet that's not entirely correct.

Alain-Fournier? It's a beautiful book. As to your problem, just get it at Barnes & Nobles, they won't know how to pronounce it either.

Meaulnes: "Meaolney"?

Consider: The word for water is "eau", pronounced "oh", more or less. So that gives the first syllable as "mohl".

Secondly, in "nes", the "es" will be silent since it doesn't have a grave "ès" or acute "és" accent. Therefore the only part of "nes" that will be pronounced is the "n".

Putting it all together you have "mohln".