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 Project Gutenberg 2005-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 219 Loti, Pierre 1850 1923 Viaud, Julien Viaud, Louis Marie Julien Ensor, Laura Madame Chrysanthème Reading ease score: 61.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ronald Holder, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Madame Chrysanthème" by Pierre Loti is a fictional narrative written in the late 19th century. The story recounts the experiences of a Frenchman who travels to Japan, exploring themes of cultural encounter and personal relationships through his musings and interactions with local people. Central to the tale is Chrysanthème, a Japanese girl who becomes the protagonist's wife, embodying the contrast between Eastern and Western perspectives on love and life. The opening of the novel sets the scene aboard a ship, where the narrator and his companion, Yves, eagerly anticipate their arrival in Japan. As they approach, they marvel at the beauty of the landscape, only to be met with the bustling realities of Nagasaki upon landing. Amidst this, the narrator expresses a whimsical longing to marry a Japanese woman, initially envisioning a romantic and exotic life. However, his idealism begins to clash with the vivid, often comical reality of Japanese customs and his first encounter with potential brides, highlighting the cultural misunderstandings that ensue. This opening establishes the narrator's humorous yet poignant reflections on his experiences in a foreign land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Japan -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 344222 344237 2024-10-07T05:06:07.820042 2023-09-07T06:53:29.158768 text/html text/html 346712 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131938 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 200434 2024-10-07T05:06:14.922003 application/epub+zip 207037 2024-10-07T05:06:09.810054 application/epub+zip 207037 2024-10-07T05:06:08.550091 application/epub+zip 386042 2024-10-07T05:06:18.663004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369861 2024-10-07T05:06:14.167001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343621 2022-09-07T21:13:37.872116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316214 2024-10-07T05:06:06.939110 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 316039 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 126196 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 315749 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 126106 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315741 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126003 2020-12-14T07:00:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23494 2024-10-07T05:06:18.797999 application/rdf+xml 15105 2024-10-07T05:06:09.125171 image/jpeg 3880 2024-10-07T05:06:08.853069 image/jpeg 197741 2024-10-07T05:06:07.850061 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia