Project Gutenberg 2007-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 120 Merriman, Henry Seton 1862 1903 Scott, Hugh Stowell Merriman, H. Seton (Henry Seton) Dross E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Dross" by Henry Seton Merriman is a novel set during the late 19th century. The story opens amidst the celebrations in Paris marking the centenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's birth, creating a backdrop of political intrigue, societal change, and personal struggles. The protagonist, Dick Howard, a man with a checkered past and complicated family ties, finds himself drawn to the world of the Vicomte de Clericy and his daughter Lucille, setting the stage for themes of love, deception, and a search for identity. At the start of the novel, Dick Howard reflects on the spectacle of the commemorative event, mingling with various social classes and feeling out of place in the grandeur surrounding him. After an amusing yet revealing encounter with an old friend, John Turner, and a chance interaction with Monsieur and Mademoiselle de Clericy, he impulsively seeks employment as a secretary for the Vicomte. As Howard navigates his new life, he is introduced to the charming but naïve Lucille, who captivates him. The early chapters effectively establish the interplay between Dick's concealed motives, his growing feelings for Lucille, and the impending societal upheaval, suggesting a narrative rich in both personal and historical tension. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 463765 463612 2024-09-09T04:33:26.620494 2023-09-09T07:23:32.799950 text/html text/html 473400 2007-01-01T16:04:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1429163 2021-01-01T16:45:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1528127 2024-09-09T04:33:35.575920 application/epub+zip 1535090 2024-09-09T04:33:28.676512 application/epub+zip 236103 2024-09-09T04:33:27.493489 application/epub+zip 1703523 2024-09-09T04:33:40.684957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1650668 2024-09-09T04:33:34.573952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356664 2022-09-09T13:36:52.888042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411079 410966 2024-09-09T04:33:25.148479 2023-09-09T07:23:31.504932 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 410650 2021-01-01T16:45:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 159081 2021-01-01T16:45:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 410620 2021-01-01T16:45:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158898 2021-01-01T16:45:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20279 2024-09-09T04:33:40.832896 application/rdf+xml 9353 2024-09-09T04:33:27.866454 image/jpeg 2588 2024-09-09T04:33:27.679474 image/jpeg 1471441 2024-09-09T04:33:26.730457 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