Les réprouvés et les élus (t.1) by Émile Souvestre
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| Author | Souvestre, Émile, 1806-1854 |
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| Title | Les réprouvés et les élus (t.1) |
| Note | Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Contents | Au lecteur -- Une maison isolée -- Les trois compagnons -- Les parents -- La tutelle -- Seize ans après -- La Forge des Buttes -- Trois amis du grand monde -- La villa de madame de Luxeuil -- Le vieux portrait -- L’agneau blanc -- Esquisses du grand monde -- Une maison de la rue des Morts -- Un vieil ami du genre humain -- Une fille mère -- Le ménage de mademoiselle Clotilde -- Un complot de famille -- La révélation -- . . . . -- Une fête dans un grenier -- M. Michel -- Les deux cousins -- Esquisses du peuple -- Une rencontre -- Denoûment -- Le voyageur de l’hôtel des Étrangers -- La mère Louis -- L’idée fixe -- Explications. |
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| Summary | "Les réprouvés et les élus (t.1)" by Émile Souvestre is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative explores themes of judgment, morality, and the contrasts between societal perception and spiritual truth, introduced through a parable involving Christ and the contrasting fates of the 'élus' and the 'réprouvés'. The prologue hints at several key characters who will likely navigate these moral complexities, including a baroness and a doctor, possibly serving as representations of societal norms and personal struggles. The opening of the novel sets the stage with a reflection on a small, idyllic town named Château-Lavallière, characterized by its quaintness and isolation from the chaos of the outside world. It introduces the baroness and her sickly daughter, Honorine, alongside the doctor, M. Vorel, who attends to them but appears to have ulterior motives regarding his relationship with the family. As the baroness expresses concern over her child’s worsening condition, an underlying tension suggests that their lives are about to be disrupted by darker forces. This foreshadowing culminates in an attempt on their lives by three brigands, highlighting the stark contrasts in personal ambitions and moralities interwoven with the characters’ struggles within the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 42924 |
| Release Date | Jun 12, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 51 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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