Project Gutenberg 2004-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 176 Girardin, Emile de, Mme 1804 1855 Gay, Delphine Girardin, Delphine de Girardin, Mme Emile de Girardon, Emile de, Mme Launay, Charles, vicomte de Girardin, Delphine Gay de Gautier, Théophile 1811 1872 Gaultier, Theophile Gautier, Theophile Gautier, Pierre-Jules-Théophile Méry, Joseph 1798 1865 Méry, François Joseph Pierre Agnès Mery, Francois Joseph Pierre Agnes Méry, François-Joseph-Pierre-André Mery, Francois-Joseph-Pierre-Andre Sandeau, Jules 1811 1883 Fendall, Florence Holcomb, Florence The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Curtis Weyant, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers" by Madame Emile de Girardin, Théophile Gautier, Jules Sandeau, and Méry is a novel created by the collaborative effort of four prominent 19th-century French authors. Likely written during the mid-19th century, the book presents a unique narrative style through a series of letters exchanged among its central characters. The story revolves around Irene de Chateaudun, who navigates the complexities of love, self-identity, and societal expectations as she finds herself conflicted between her genuine feelings for Prince de Monbert and her idealized notions of romance. The opening of the novel sets the stage for this emotional turmoil through a letter written by Irene to her confidante, Madame la Vicomtesse de Braimes. Irene expresses her discontent and fear regarding her engagement to Prince de Monbert, despite acknowledging his qualities and charm. She reflects on her past struggles, contrasting them with the pressures of a seemingly "brilliant fortune," which she finds suffocating. This inner conflict leads her to contemplate a retreat to the countryside, where she hopes to sort out her feelings and desires. As the various letters unfold, we are introduced to other characters like Roger de Monbert and Edgar de Meilhan, who also experience their own romantic dilemmas, setting up a rich tapestry of intertwined relationships and emotional challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Epistolary fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 615695 600753 2024-10-06T06:44:20.817476 2023-10-06T08:12:18.457107 text/html text/html 600880 2020-12-18T01:41:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 234834 2020-12-18T01:41:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315915 2024-10-06T06:44:31.161446 application/epub+zip 327704 2024-10-06T06:44:24.234501 application/epub+zip 313233 2024-10-06T06:44:22.867489 application/epub+zip 597007 2024-10-06T06:44:36.735411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553654 2024-10-06T06:44:30.159432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509895 2022-09-07T00:47:25.018551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 574589 574506 2024-10-06T06:44:19.491503 2023-10-06T08:12:17.380106 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 574076 2020-12-18T01:41:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 230280 2020-12-18T01:41:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 574070 2020-12-18T01:41:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 230103 2020-12-18T01:41:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 25289 2024-10-06T06:44:36.895396 application/rdf+xml 16058 2024-10-06T06:44:23.429482 image/jpeg 3950 2024-10-06T06:44:23.147480 image/jpeg 308282 2024-10-06T06:44:20.871500 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia