Project Gutenberg 2009-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 154 About, Edmond 1828 1885 About, Edmond François Valentin Abu, Edmond About, E. (Edmond) Avout, Edmondos Ampou, Edmondos About, Edmond Francois Valentin Orts-Ramos, Tomás 1866 1939 Orts-Ramos, Tomas Germaine. Spanish Germana Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Germana" by Edmond About is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to revolve around the struggles of the ducal family, particularly focusing on the titular character, Germana, who is battling severe illness amid the collapse of her family's fortunes. The narrative hints at themes of desperation, social class disparities, and the search for both hope and dignity within a context of financial ruin. The opening of the book sets the scene on January 1, 1853, in a grand hotel in Paris, where the servants are celebrating the distribution of their year-end bonuses, revealing a vibrant yet class-conscious atmosphere. Amid their joviality, a poor woman enters, shocking the servants into silence—it is the duchess, wife of the bankrupt Duke of La Tour de Embleuse, discarded by her once-privileged life. The anticipation of disaster looms over the family, particularly regarding the health of Germana, their daughter, who is gravely ill. The plot foreshadows complex interactions between social status, desperation, and the choices faced by each character as they navigate their fallen circumstances. In particular, conversations reflect on wealth, dignity, and the sacrifices that the characters must make, particularly Germana, who contemplates her role in a potential marriage to save her family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es French fiction -- Translations into Spanish PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 444176 444185 2024-09-12T15:15:18.919324 2023-09-13T07:17:40.821318 text/html text/html 437580 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 174456 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218633 2024-09-12T15:15:25.824263 application/epub+zip 225509 2024-09-12T15:15:20.524267 application/epub+zip 217629 2024-09-12T15:15:19.579268 application/epub+zip 369515 2024-09-12T15:15:30.044236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354889 2024-09-12T15:15:25.174312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351134 2022-09-13T16:23:17.414551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424438 424354 2024-09-12T15:15:17.855262 2023-09-13T07:17:39.963309 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 414870 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162840 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19144 2024-09-12T15:15:30.237210 application/rdf+xml 8074 2024-09-12T15:15:19.938295 image/jpeg 2232 2024-09-12T15:15:19.757318 image/jpeg 216474 2024-09-12T15:15:18.969275 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia