Project Gutenberg 2005-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 44 Hawthorne, Julian 1846 1934 Bressant: A Novel Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously made available by the Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries "Bressant: A Novel" by Julian Hawthorne is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. The narrative primarily revolves around the characters of Professor Valeyon, his daughters Cornelia and Sophie, and a newcomer named Bressant. The story explores themes of home, familial relationships, and the longing for change, along with the complexities of human emotion and connection. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Professor Valeyon, an elderly man who enjoys a quiet life filled with contemplation in his garden. On a warm June afternoon, he reflects on the growth of his daughters and the passage of time since his wife's death. His peaceful routine is interrupted by the arrival of a letter from a distant relative inviting Cornelia and Sophie to New York, prompting the professor to reconsider their sheltered lives. The opening chapters establish the dynamic between the characters and hint at potential upheavals, as Cornelia's excitement about the future meets Sophie’s delicate condition and the complex emotions surrounding their father’s protective instincts, setting the stage for further developments involving Bressant's entry into their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 609857 609593 2024-10-07T06:20:38.638266 2023-09-07T07:51:13.010569 text/html text/html 626113 2020-12-14T09:55:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 235883 2020-12-14T09:55:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 311733 2024-10-07T06:20:50.276718 application/epub+zip 319770 2024-10-07T06:20:43.110769 application/epub+zip 299704 2024-10-07T06:20:40.898273 application/epub+zip 570068 2024-10-07T06:20:55.993707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536415 2024-10-07T06:20:48.986708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453661 2022-09-07T22:39:14.221698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589984 589761 2024-10-07T06:20:37.336299 2023-09-07T07:51:12.076583 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 589543 2020-12-14T09:55:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229888 2020-12-14T09:55:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 589550 2020-12-14T09:55:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229877 2020-12-14T09:55:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21249 2024-10-07T06:20:56.722682 application/rdf+xml 15091 2024-10-07T06:20:42.102763 image/jpeg 3825 2024-10-07T06:20:41.579803 image/jpeg 306620 2024-10-07T06:20:38.693291 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