Project Gutenberg 2004-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 48 Malot, Hector 1830 1907 Malot, Hector-Henri Clotilde Martory Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Christine De Ryck, 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 "Clotilde Martory" by Hector Malot is a novel written during the mid-19th century. The story centers around its titular character, Clotilde, and unfolds the experiences of a young officer, Captain de Saint-Nérée, who has returned to France after six years in Algeria. The narrative delves into themes of love, societal expectations, and personal desires, exploring the protagonist's budding feelings for Clotilde amidst his reflections on life and the world around him. At the start of the novel, the protagonist arrives in Marseille, relishing the civilized life after years of military duty in Algeria. He reflects on the stark contrasts between his past experiences and the joys of civilization, particularly focusing on the captivating beauty of women he encounters, including a mysterious young girl at a ball, Clotilde. The opening captures the protagonist's somewhat frivolous yet earnest pursuit of love as he becomes infatuated with Clotilde, culminating in a spontaneous decision to follow her to Cassis after a brief encounter at the ball. Through lively descriptions and inner monologues, the narrative introduces the complexities of his emotions and foreshadows the challenges that may arise in his pursuit of this young woman. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 789371 783909 2024-10-06T07:33:19.279140 2023-10-06T08:50:46.652832 text/html text/html 766304 2020-12-18T04:43:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 324948 2020-12-18T04:43:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 399240 2024-10-06T07:33:30.690047 application/epub+zip 416796 2024-10-06T07:33:21.839113 application/epub+zip 369395 2024-10-06T07:33:20.412120 application/epub+zip 710017 2024-10-06T07:33:36.980013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 684923 2024-10-06T07:33:29.731075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587409 2022-09-07T01:39:15.197071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 747827 747584 2024-10-06T07:33:16.820160 2023-10-06T08:50:44.452812 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 729550 2020-12-18T04:43:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 269983 2020-12-18T04:43:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 729549 2020-12-18T04:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 265343 2020-12-18T04:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21828 2024-10-06T07:33:37.118019 application/rdf+xml 12066 2024-10-06T07:33:20.990119 image/jpeg 3347 2024-10-06T07:33:20.703107 image/jpeg 388613 2024-10-06T07:33:19.357147 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