Project Gutenberg 2004-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 91 DeGuise, Charles 1827 1884 Hélika: Memoire d'un vieux maître d'école Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Renald Levesque and La bibliothèque Nationale du Québec "Hélika: Memoire d'un vieux maître d'école" by Charles DeGuise is a narrative work probably written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the complex tapestry of memories shared by former schoolmates as they reminisce about their childhood and a cherished teacher, referred to as le père d'Olbigny, who deeply impacted their lives. The overarching themes include nostalgia, the lasting bonds of friendship formed during youth, and the poignant reflections on life's choices and their consequences. At the start of the book, the setting takes place during a gathering of friends who reconnect over shared memories from their school days. They fondly recall their old teacher and ultimately decide to visit him after learning about his struggle in solitude. As the narrative develops, it delves into the teacher's backstory, highlighting his education, demeanor, and the affections he elicited from his students. Their reflections trigger the recollections of their youthful innocence, the bittersweet joys of childhood, and the gradual realizations of the complexities of adulthood and regret. The opening sets a tone of bittersweet longing and sets the stage for deeper explorations of personal histories intertwined with broader themes of human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Canada -- Fiction Teachers -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Teaching & Education Browsing: Fiction 398919 396634 2025-01-13T19:23:54.929508 2023-10-06T08:00:24.864058 text/html text/html 382344 2020-12-18T00:52:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 144500 2020-12-18T00:52:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234042 2025-01-13T19:24:03.006436 application/epub+zip 240869 2025-01-13T19:23:58.421485 application/epub+zip 226637 2025-01-13T19:23:57.124456 application/epub+zip 475438 2025-01-13T19:24:06.459423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459771 2025-01-13T19:24:02.203450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330425 2022-09-07T00:29:44.356317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382826 382774 2024-11-06T06:30:15.212533 2023-10-06T08:00:24.354019 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 373154 2020-12-18T00:52:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 142265 2020-12-18T00:52:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 373145 2020-12-18T00:52:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139762 2020-12-18T00:52:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21816 2025-01-13T19:24:06.601419 application/rdf+xml 18195 2025-01-13T19:23:57.668465 image/jpeg 3885 2025-01-13T19:23:57.394465 image/jpeg 228623 2025-01-13T19:23:54.967491 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