Project Gutenberg 2005-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 181 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Wormeley, Katharine Prescott 1830 1908 The Vicar of Tours Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger "The Vicar of Tours" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story follows the life of Abbe Birotteau, a corpulent and gout-ridden priest in the town of Tours, who is consumed by aspirations for a more prestigious ecclesiastical position and material comforts, particularly that of living in a well-furnished apartment previously belonging to his late friend. Central to the narrative is the conflict between Birotteau and Mademoiselle Gamard, his landlady, who embodies the pitfalls of jealousy and vengeance in a domestic space shared with fellow clerics. The opening of the novel introduces us to Abbe Birotteau's mundane struggles, including his discontent with the rainy weather and foreboding thoughts of gout. As he returns from a gathering that fills him with hope for his anticipated promotion, he reflects on his long-desired living arrangements, now in the home of Mademoiselle Gamard. However, the narrative hints at brewing conflict with Gamard, who harbors resentment towards Birotteau and appears to manipulate the circumstances of their shared living situation. As the story unfolds, we witness Birotteau's growing awareness of these tensions, set against the backdrop of his naive aspirations and the dynamics of provincial life that encapsulate themes of ambition, envy, and the quest for social validation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 194533 194542 2024-09-01T09:23:19.040414 2023-10-01T08:36:45.768817 text/html text/html 195991 2021-01-27T20:40:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 67356 2021-01-27T20:40:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 115733 2024-09-01T09:23:23.246378 application/epub+zip 117752 2024-09-01T09:23:20.308356 application/epub+zip 117753 2024-09-01T09:23:19.521359 application/epub+zip 234734 2024-09-01T09:23:25.575340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222084 2024-09-01T09:23:22.705318 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222062 2022-09-01T10:34:35.601770 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168437 168401 2024-09-01T09:23:18.724347 2023-10-01T08:36:45.505806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 170035 2016-11-24T04:49:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 64162 2016-11-24T04:50:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 168308 2010-02-22T15:51:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 63895 2010-02-22T15:52:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20954 2024-09-01T09:23:25.714313 application/rdf+xml 12986 2024-09-01T09:23:19.863353 image/jpeg 3464 2024-09-01T09:23:19.691334 image/jpeg 116208 2024-09-01T09:23:19.058355 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 en.wikipedia