Project Gutenberg 2009-04-02 Public domain in the USA. 102 Leblanc, Maurice 1864 1941 Blanc, Maurice Le Blanc, Maurice le Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander 1865 1921 Mattos, Alexander Teixeira de De Mattos, Alexander Teixeira Mattos, Alexander Teixera de Mattos, Alexander Teixeria de Mattos, Alexander Louis Teixeira de The Frontier Produced by Mark C. Orton, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Frontier" by Maurice Leblanc is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character of Morestal, a patriotic farmer and mayor, whose life is intricately connected to the tension between France and Germany, set against the backdrop of looming war. Through the lives of Morestal, his son Philippe, and the intertwining paths of other residents near the French-German border, the narrative grapples with themes of loyalty, national pride, and the personal costs of conflict. The opening of the book sets a tense atmosphere as Morestal and his wife discuss the ongoing disturbances along the French-German frontier, specifically the repeated damage to a boundary post, symbolizing deeper issues of national integrity and personal conflict stemming from past wars. We see Morestal's fierce pride in France and a palpable sense of foreboding as he reflects on the possibility of conflict re-emerging with Germany. The arrival of their son Philippe, a professor who has differing views, introduces an imminent clash of ideologies within the family, encapsulating the overarching struggle between old patriotic sentiments and newer, more progressive worldviews. As Philippe returns home with his wife Marthe, layers of personal history entwine with the national narrative, hinting at dramatic tensions both within the family and across the border. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories, French -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 397257 397265 2024-09-12T09:06:38.413570 2023-09-12T12:16:12.434870 text/html text/html 405520 2009-04-02T15:15:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 204110 2009-04-02T15:15:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 221969 2024-09-12T09:06:45.050546 application/epub+zip 224529 2024-09-12T09:06:39.387561 application/epub+zip 213779 2024-09-12T09:06:38.931558 application/epub+zip 368432 2024-09-12T09:06:49.428512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329907 2024-09-12T09:06:44.523552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319474 2022-09-13T09:18:17.935254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358922 358822 2024-09-12T09:06:36.915560 2023-09-12T12:16:11.065815 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 358580 2009-04-02T15:15:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 134301 2009-04-02T15:15:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358591 2009-04-02T15:15:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134227 2009-04-02T15:15:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21557 2024-09-12T09:06:49.585501 application/rdf+xml 24620 2024-09-12T09:06:39.032548 image/jpeg 3687 2024-09-12T09:06:38.981569 image/jpeg 203975 2024-09-12T09:06:38.451549 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia