Project Gutenberg 2004-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 159 Sand, George 1804 1876 Dupin, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, Armandine Aurore Lucille Kourroglou Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kourroglou Produced by Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "Kourroglou" by George Sand is an epic poem translated from Persian, written during the early 19th century. The work explores the life of Kourroglou, a legendary bandit and minstrel from northern Persia, whose adventures resonate with themes of valor, vengeance, and artistry in storytelling. The narrative offers an introduction to Kourroglou's character, highlighting his poetic talent as well as his reputation as a fearless outlaw. At the start of "Kourroglou," readers are introduced to the background of the titular character, originally named Roushan, who is the son of Mirza-Serraf, a chief horseman. After a tyrannical prince unjustly blinds his father, Roushan vows to take revenge, which sets him on a path of heroism as he adopts the name Kourroglou and becomes a national figure symbolizing rebellion and folklore. The opening recounts how he acquires his remarkable horse, Kyrat, and delves into his ambition and desires for justice. The passage captures Kourroglou's transformation from a youthful son to a legendary figure capable of commanding respect and terror among his adversaries, setting the stage for his poetic and adventurous exploits against the backdrop of Persian culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 235036 233537 2025-03-06T04:30:56.596890 2023-10-06T08:41:03.676827 text/html text/html 224179 2020-12-18T03:40:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 463150 2020-12-18T03:40:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 523689 2025-03-06T04:31:02.919811 application/epub+zip 526110 2025-03-06T04:30:58.887856 application/epub+zip 152851 2025-03-06T04:30:57.298856 application/epub+zip 968438 2025-03-06T04:31:05.645840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 955245 2025-03-06T04:31:01.775824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224000 2022-09-07T01:28:04.653063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216100 215876 2024-11-06T07:21:32.317213 2023-10-06T08:41:03.284859 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 210962 2020-12-18T03:40:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 82443 2020-12-18T03:40:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 210953 2020-12-18T03:40:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81077 2020-12-18T03:40:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22134 2025-03-06T04:31:05.770921 application/rdf+xml 10532 2025-03-06T04:30:57.870863 image/jpeg 2898 2025-03-06T04:30:57.581849 image/jpeg 523646 2025-03-06T04:30:56.635868 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