Project Gutenberg 2006-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 89 Claretie, Jules 1840 1913 Claretie, Arsène-Arnaud Claretie, Arsène-Armand Claretie, Arsene-Arnaud Claretie, Jules Arsène Arnaud L'américaine Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "L'américaine" by Jules Claretie is a contemporary novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around social themes, particularly the institution of marriage and the concept of divorce, as viewed through the experiences of various characters, including the doctor Fargeas and the elegant Mrs. Sylvia Norton, an American woman. The narrative explores the interactions between French aristocrats and American characters, delving into their differing views on love, relationships, and societal norms. At the start of the novel, the setting is a beautiful summer day at Trouville, where the doctor Fargeas discusses the nature of illness and passions with his companions, the Marquis de Solis and the dandy Bernière. Their conversations reveal hints of personal histories and unspoken tensions, particularly surrounding the recently married Sylvia Norton, who is suffering from a malady tied to her emotional state following her father's death. As the group converses, they reflect on the concept of true passion, marriage, and divorce, setting the stage for a complex narrative that examines the characters' relationships against the backdrop of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 509101 509110 2024-09-08T05:52:04.711196 2023-09-08T08:10:25.911801 text/html text/html 583199 2006-03-28T15:06:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 375630 2006-03-28T15:06:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 416639 2024-09-08T05:52:12.864114 application/epub+zip 425276 2024-09-08T05:52:06.308186 application/epub+zip 238731 2024-09-08T05:52:05.347192 application/epub+zip 626380 2024-09-08T05:52:17.682106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 608826 2024-09-08T05:52:12.227114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422579 2022-09-08T14:29:12.130142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481961 481727 2024-09-08T05:52:02.871197 2023-09-08T08:10:24.092802 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 471220 2006-03-28T15:06:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 176476 2006-03-28T15:06:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18847 2024-09-08T05:52:17.827087 application/rdf+xml 12227 2024-09-08T05:52:05.714159 image/jpeg 3259 2024-09-08T05:52:05.530163 image/jpeg 413333 2024-09-08T05:52:04.763197 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