Project Gutenberg 2007-11-06 Public domain in the USA. 68 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey 1836 1907 Aldrich, T. B. (Thomas Bailey) Père Antoine's Date-Palm Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger "Père Antoine's Date-Palm" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich is a short story written in the late 19th century. This poignant tale weaves themes of love, loss, and devotion, focusing on the life of Père Antoine, a Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans, who cherishes a date-palm he planted in his garden many years ago. The story explores the emotional journey of Antoine intertwined with the date-palm, highlighting the enduring bonds of friendship and unrequited love. The narrative centers on Père Antoine's profound feelings for two individuals: his closest friend, Emile Jardin, and Anglice, a beautiful girl they took under their care following her mother's death. All three share an intense connection, but when Emile and Anglice elope, Antoine is left heartbroken. Eventually, Anglice, now a mother, seeks his forgiveness in a letter before her own demise. Antoine takes in her daughter, also named Anglice, but her grief for her homeland leads to her untimely decline. After the young girl's death, a remarkable date-palm grows from her grave, becoming a symbol of love and memory for Antoine. Despite the surrounding urbanization and attempts to sell his land, Antoine remains devoted to the palm, reflecting his eternal ties to the lost loves of his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 39597 39598 2024-10-10T08:04:47.002398 2023-09-10T10:42:36.330054 text/html text/html 36169 2021-02-24T22:22:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 13697 2021-02-24T22:22:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 90047 2024-10-10T08:04:52.112339 application/epub+zip 88800 2024-10-10T08:04:49.933391 application/epub+zip 71802 2024-10-10T08:04:48.768424 application/epub+zip 166210 2024-10-10T08:04:53.706404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159846 2024-10-10T08:04:51.405369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124059 2022-09-11T05:12:14.836402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31570 2024-10-10T08:04:46.743404 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31634 2016-09-20T16:17:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 12479 2016-09-20T16:20:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 31390 2007-11-06T13:44:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 12391 2007-11-06T13:44:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 31381 2007-11-06T13:44:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12360 2007-11-06T13:44:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23046 2024-10-10T08:04:53.833331 application/rdf+xml 11566 2024-10-10T08:04:49.309371 image/jpeg 3148 2024-10-10T08:04:49.041542 image/jpeg 88404 2024-10-10T08:04:47.007442 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