Project Gutenberg 2006-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 88 Daudet, Alphonse 1840 1897 Daudet, Louis Marie Alphonse Les femmes d'artistes Prologue -- Madame Heurtebise -- Le credo de l'amour -- La Transtévérine -- Une ménage de chanteurs -- Un malentendu -- Les voies de fait -- La bohême en famille -- Fragment d'une lettre de femme trouvée rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs -- La veuve d'un grand homme -- La menteuse -- La comtesse Irma -- Les confidences d'un habit à palmes vertes. Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Les femmes d'artistes" by Alphonse Daudet is a collection of narratives exploring the complexities of relationships involving artists, written in the late 19th century. The stories delve into the lives of various couples, particularly focusing on the tensions and struggles between artistic pursuits and domestic life. Through its characters, including poets and painters, the collection raises questions about love, ambition, and the sacrifices made in the name of art. The opening of "Les femmes d'artistes" sets the stage with a conversation between a poet and a painter, where they debate the merits and pitfalls of marriage for artists. The painter expresses a cynical view, believing that marriage stifles creativity and artistic freedom, while the poet argues for the benefits of a domestic life filled with love and familial joy. This prologue foreshadows the various stories that will follow, where the dynamics between artists and their partners will reveal the contrasts between artistic passion and conventional domesticity. The discussion serves as a preamble to the vivid relationships and emotional battles that define the characters and their artistic lives throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction Short stories, French Art -- Fiction Wives -- Fiction Artists' spouses -- Fiction PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 191080 190823 2024-09-08T03:41:21.707064 2023-09-08T06:14:34.580042 text/html text/html 191073 190816 2024-09-08T03:41:21.876102 2023-09-08T06:14:34.712040 text/html text/html 120658 2024-09-08T03:41:25.958106 application/epub+zip 122675 2024-09-08T03:41:23.141071 application/epub+zip 122674 2024-09-08T03:41:22.327129 application/epub+zip 245283 2024-09-08T03:41:28.290066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227929 2024-09-08T03:41:25.468075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228052 2022-09-08T11:41:13.642397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173137 2024-09-08T03:41:21.484102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172995 2006-01-20T15:23:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 67784 2006-01-20T15:24:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 169013 2006-01-20T15:23:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 67088 2006-01-20T15:24:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21124 2024-09-08T03:41:28.428062 application/rdf+xml 13217 2024-09-08T03:41:22.728121 image/jpeg 3386 2024-09-08T03:41:22.557095 image/jpeg 120455 2024-09-08T03:41:21.894072 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