Project Gutenberg 2006-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 47 Loti, Pierre 1850 1923 Viaud, Julien Viaud, Louis Marie Julien Madame Chrysanthème Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com "Madame Chrysanthème" by Pierre Loti is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the experiences of the narrator, who embarks on a journey to Japan and explores the cultural richness of the country while engaging in a marriage arrangement that involves a Japanese woman named Chrysanthème. The narrative reflects the author's observations of the contrasts between his romanticized perceptions of Japan and the realities he encounters. At the start of the novel, the narrator and his companion, Yves, are on a ship approaching Japan. They are filled with excitement and anticipation, and the narrator dreams of marrying a Japanese woman, who he imagines as a lovely, delicate figure. Upon arriving and experiencing the beautiful yet commercialized nature of Nagasaki, he quickly becomes disillusioned by the mundane aspects of the city, contrasting his idyllic visions with the stark realities around him. As he navigates his first encounters on Japanese soil, the arrival of potential brides is set into motion, leading to a humorous yet poignant exploration of identity and cultural expectations amidst the narrator's longing for authentic connection in this foreign land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Japan -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 331808 331809 2024-10-08T07:31:16.718052 2023-09-08T09:14:09.086542 text/html text/html 372103 2006-05-09T15:34:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 127578 2006-05-09T15:34:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194204 2024-10-08T07:31:23.599527 application/epub+zip 199013 2024-10-08T07:31:18.914027 application/epub+zip 199013 2024-10-08T07:31:17.681038 application/epub+zip 411630 2024-10-08T07:31:27.601487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368748 2024-10-08T07:31:22.838499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342434 2022-09-08T16:05:15.013379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312896 312863 2024-10-08T07:31:16.010067 2023-09-08T09:14:08.332536 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 305856 2006-05-09T15:34:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119878 2006-05-09T15:34:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20075 2024-10-08T07:31:27.746472 application/rdf+xml 15105 2024-10-08T07:31:18.220014 image/jpeg 3880 2024-10-08T07:31:17.949017 image/jpeg 190293 2024-10-08T07:31:16.750035 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 fr.wikipedia