Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 60 Scribe, Eugène 1791 1861 Scribe, Eugene Scribe, Augustin Eugène Scribe, E. (Eugène) Legouvé, Ernest 1807 1903 Legouve, Ernest Legouvé, Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé, Joseph Wilfrid Ernest Gabriel Legouvé, E. (Ernest) Wells, B. W. (Benjamin Willis) 1856 1923 Wells, Benjamin Willis Bataille de dames Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Includes introduction, notes, and vocabulary in English Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Wilelmina Mallière and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Bataille de dames" by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé is a comedy written in the mid-19th century, specifically around the 1850s. This theatrical work revolves around the lives and romantic entanglements of its characters, particularly focusing on the noblewomen and men entangled in political intrigue and personal affections against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France. The opening of "Bataille de dames" introduces us to a lavish summer salon in a château where the Countess d’Autreval and her niece Léonie de la Villegontier are engaged in animated dialogue. They discuss letters and news, revealing a tension between social expectations and personal desires. We learn that Léonie is initially annoyed by Charles, the family servant, who surprises her with his apparent intelligence and charm. This scene hints at the complicated dynamics of class and love, setting the tone for the ensuing romantic conflicts, especially as characters such as Henri, a political fugitive, and Gustave de Grignon, a young court official, become involved in their lives, ultimately culminating in personal and social challenges intertwined with the period's political tensions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en fr Comedies French drama -- 19th century PQ Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 747000 443085 2024-10-05T18:09:23.802312 2023-10-06T05:36:51.079832 text/html text/html 375163 2020-12-14T23:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 164880 2020-12-14T23:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 249263 2024-10-05T18:09:43.373689 application/epub+zip 263605 2024-10-05T18:09:27.717292 application/epub+zip 201728 2024-10-05T18:09:25.498297 application/epub+zip 631222 2024-10-05T18:09:51.536684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427853 2024-10-05T18:09:41.546700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387030 2022-09-06T20:56:53.811160 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256612 256524 2024-10-05T18:09:05.969405 2023-10-06T05:36:39.444732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 254722 2020-12-14T23:42:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 93170 2020-12-14T23:42:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 254713 2020-12-14T23:42:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91964 2020-12-14T23:42:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24548 2024-10-05T18:09:51.723658 application/rdf+xml 13059 2024-10-05T18:09:26.255308 image/jpeg 3325 2024-10-05T18:09:25.877294 image/jpeg 239385 2024-10-05T18:09:23.838284 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia