Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Bordeaux, Henry 1870 1963 Bordeaux, Henri Bordeaux, Enrique La maison Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Walter Debeuf "La maison" by Henry Bordeaux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is centered around the titular house, which serves as a symbol of childhood, memory, and familial ties, focusing on the life of the protagonist, who reflects on his upbringing in this home. Through his memories, readers are introduced to various family members, including his authoritative father and kind mother, as well as the contrasting figures of his grandfather and a governess named Tante Dine. The opening of "La maison" presents a nostalgic and intimate depiction of the protagonist’s childhood, emphasizing the importance of the house as a cornerstone of his identity. The narrative begins with children returning home from school and describing their destination as "the house," regardless of its condition. This sets the tone for the protagonist's remembrance of his own childhood home, filled with vivid details and emotional connections. He recounts the various changes over time and reflects on the roles of family members, pointing out the warm familiarity and simultaneous strangeness that comes with growth and change. The reader is immersed in a world rich with sensory experiences and sentiments, making the house not just a physical space, but a vessel of memories and emotions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 624938 624879 2024-10-06T04:09:06.733167 2023-10-06T06:13:15.640675 text/html text/html 624931 624872 2024-10-06T04:09:07.042223 2023-10-06T06:13:15.884656 text/html text/html 308561 2024-10-06T04:09:16.708148 application/epub+zip 319062 2024-10-06T04:09:10.277147 application/epub+zip 303027 2024-10-06T04:09:08.969166 application/epub+zip 527673 2024-10-06T04:09:21.619084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501799 2024-10-06T04:09:15.893114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473351 2022-09-06T21:49:50.661236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578384 578376 2024-10-06T04:09:06.145158 2023-10-06T06:13:15.175664 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 563468 2020-12-15T02:45:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 222485 2020-12-15T02:45:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 563461 2020-12-15T02:45:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218288 2020-12-15T02:45:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21155 2024-10-06T04:09:21.762095 application/rdf+xml 11424 2024-10-06T04:09:09.506160 image/jpeg 3150 2024-10-06T04:09:09.235199 image/jpeg 306557 2024-10-06T04:09:07.101167 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