Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 54 Silvestre, Armand 1837 1901 Silvestre, Paul-Armand Sylvestre, Armand Silvestre, A. (Armand) Sylvestre, Paul Armand Contes à la brune Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Tonya Allen and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "Contes à la brune" by Armand Silvestre is a collection of romantic tales written during the late 19th century. The opening sets a lyrical and poetic tone, introducing a world where love intertwines with melancholy and joy, reflecting on deep feelings and experiences that the author aims to explore through various narratives. The opening of the work begins with the author expressing gratitude to a woman who inspired these tales and promises his loyal readers a blend of his best writings filled with sincerity. Silvestre poetically describes the duality of love—its ability to bring both supreme happiness and deep sorrow—while also hinting at themes of beauty, especially focusing on the allure of darker-haired women versus the traditional beauty of blondes. As the narrative unfolds, there are elements of self-reflection and musings about the seasons, particularly the arrival of spring, setting a reflective and somewhat nostalgic atmosphere. Silvestre's use of elaborate imagery and rich language creates a vivid emotional landscape, inviting readers into the complex interplay of love and nature that he intends to further develop throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 275249 275018 2024-10-05T17:16:27.706879 2023-10-06T04:57:35.046540 text/html text/html 275242 275011 2024-10-05T17:16:27.957628 2023-10-06T04:57:35.207570 text/html text/html 176679 2024-10-05T17:16:34.732602 application/epub+zip 179003 2024-10-05T17:16:30.767611 application/epub+zip 173385 2024-10-05T17:16:29.571608 application/epub+zip 331011 2024-10-05T17:16:37.917588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301551 2024-10-05T17:16:33.994596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278014 2022-09-06T20:00:32.400507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251173 250993 2024-10-05T17:16:27.272639 2023-10-06T04:57:34.830538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 247111 2020-12-14T20:53:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97634 2020-12-14T20:53:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 247102 2020-12-14T20:53:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 95865 2020-12-14T20:53:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21636 2024-10-05T17:16:38.044569 application/rdf+xml 12751 2024-10-05T17:16:30.117604 image/jpeg 3360 2024-10-05T17:16:29.841632 image/jpeg 172313 2024-10-05T17:16:27.983628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia