Project Gutenberg 2006-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 58 Ohnet, Georges 1848 1918 Ohnet, Jorge Marchand de Poison: Les Batailles de la Vie Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Marchand de Poison: Les Batailles de la Vie" by Georges Ohnet is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Vernier, a shrewd and unscrupulous businessman who creates and sells a toxic liqueur called "Prunelet." Alongside his brother-in-law Mareuil, they navigate the treacherous waters of commerce, morality, and personal ambition, leading to the rise of their corrupt enterprise amidst social decay, encapsulating the struggle between profit and ethics. The opening of the novel introduces Vernier's sordid beginnings in the alcoholic beverage industry, detailing his initial foray into wine selling and ultimately his decision to produce a highly toxic concoction targeted at alcoholics. We learn of Vernier's reckless disregard for the health of his customers, seeing monetary gain as paramount. As he begins to find success, Vernier partners with Mareuil to expand their operations, revealing a world rife with social corruption influenced by alcohol dependency. Despite the success of their business, hints of personal tragedy loom as Vernier's wife experiences foreboding about their morally questionable empire, setting the stage for a complex narrative where personal and societal downfall intertwine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 332833 332834 2024-10-08T06:11:23.813559 2023-09-08T08:12:06.275662 text/html text/html 377426 2006-03-29T15:10:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 129250 2006-03-29T15:10:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208332 2024-10-08T06:11:31.914438 application/epub+zip 212587 2024-10-08T06:11:27.253470 application/epub+zip 194073 2024-10-08T06:11:25.979468 application/epub+zip 432278 2024-10-08T06:11:35.436412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419595 2024-10-08T06:11:31.116454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345122 2022-09-08T14:31:45.912877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318624 318541 2024-10-08T06:11:23.059460 2023-09-08T08:12:05.626642 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 311268 2006-03-29T15:10:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 121362 2006-03-29T15:10:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19839 2024-10-08T06:11:35.560395 application/rdf+xml 18369 2024-10-08T06:11:26.531483 image/jpeg 4113 2024-10-08T06:11:26.254460 image/jpeg 205316 2024-10-08T06:11:23.847475 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