Project Gutenberg 2006-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 103 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion A Cigarette-Maker's Romance Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Cigarette-Maker's Romance" by F. Marion Crawford is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in Munich and revolves around the life of a count who finds himself working as a cigarette maker following a fall from grace. The narrative explores themes of love, social status, and personal struggle, particularly through the interactions between the count and the Polish girl Vjera, who works alongside him. At the start of the novel, we find ourselves in a modest tobacco shop owned by Christian Fischelowitz, who employs a group of workers, including the count and Vjera. The shop atmosphere is vibrant yet gritty, reflecting the struggles of its inhabitants. The count, facing a bleak existence and working diligently amidst various characters, hints at a backstory of lost fortune and upcoming change, suggesting that tomorrow may bring him the hope of wealth and a return to his former life. The dynamics between the count, Vjera, and Fischelowitz create an engaging backdrop highlighting the characters’ aspirations, frustrations, and the societal pressures they face while navigating their lives in Munich. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cigarette industry -- Fiction PS Text Contemporary Reviews Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 401604 401525 2024-10-08T09:07:58.017056 2023-09-08T10:30:29.045905 text/html text/html 405834 2006-06-22T11:56:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 158636 2006-06-22T11:56:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 250549 2024-10-08T09:08:07.104017 application/epub+zip 253688 2024-10-08T09:08:01.483040 application/epub+zip 225367 2024-10-08T09:08:00.060020 application/epub+zip 418046 2024-10-08T09:08:11.268001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385616 2024-10-08T09:08:06.098996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339315 2022-09-09T05:01:55.151151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368144 368061 2024-10-08T09:07:57.044052 2023-09-08T10:30:28.183942 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 367994 2006-06-22T11:56:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 137399 2006-06-22T11:56:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 367991 2006-06-22T11:56:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 137365 2006-06-22T11:56:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21400 2024-10-08T09:08:11.406983 application/rdf+xml 11672 2024-10-08T09:08:00.659046 image/jpeg 3065 2024-10-08T09:08:00.365015 image/jpeg 238870 2024-10-08T09:07:58.054034 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