Project Gutenberg 2006-01-19 Public domain in the USA. 50 Uzanne, Octave 1851 1931 Uzanne, Louis Octave Le calendrier de Vénus Reading ease score: 57.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Rénald Lévesque 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) "Le calendrier de Vénus" by Octave Uzanne is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. The story delves into themes of love, desire, and the complexities of human relationships as seen through the lens of a witty and often cynical narrator. The characters explore their passions and intricacies of romance amid societal norms, with particular focus on the pursuits of a self-aware libertine. The opening of the work introduces the protagonist, who reflects on his past romantic encounters and the nature of love. He describes a poignant encounter with a young maid named Babette, who serves as a catalyst for his thoughts on passion and infidelity. The protagonist's musings are laced with humor and irony as he navigates through his relationships, hinting at underlying tensions stemming from inconstancy and desire. He conveys a sense of liberation from traditional romantic expectations while revealing the interplay between affection, memory, and the fleeting nature of pleasure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Vignettes PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature 275833 276213 2024-10-08T03:42:44.928448 2023-09-08T06:14:41.002072 text/html text/html 271755 2020-08-26T08:04:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 1800624 2020-08-26T13:04:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1766548 2024-10-08T03:42:49.515366 application/epub+zip 1765476 2024-10-08T03:42:45.815448 application/epub+zip 210938 2024-10-08T03:42:45.349420 application/epub+zip 1857780 2024-10-08T03:42:52.483379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1835256 2024-10-08T03:42:49.111439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281153 2022-09-08T11:41:24.185498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246608 2024-10-08T03:42:44.344457 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 246723 2020-08-26T12:20:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 100851 2020-08-26T12:20:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18882 2024-10-08T03:42:52.608396 application/rdf+xml 31580 2024-10-08T03:42:45.471395 image/jpeg 4335 2024-10-08T03:42:45.409386 image/jpeg 1829914 2024-10-08T03:42:45.015426 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia