Project Gutenberg 2009-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 53 Goncourt, Edmond de 1822 1896 Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de De Goncourt, Edmond 12020085 La fille Elisa Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "La fille Élisa" by Edmond de Goncourt is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the character Élisa, a young woman whose tumultuous life unfolds against the backdrop of societal struggles and the darkness of prostitution. Through Élisa's experiences, the narrative delves deep into the hardships faced by women of her time, shedding light on themes of morality, sacrifice, and the complexities of human relationships. The opening of the novel presents a stark and haunting atmosphere within a courtroom where Élisa faces the terrifying possibility of a death sentence. The scene is charged with tension as onlookers are drawn into the emotional turmoil surrounding her trial. Through poignant descriptions, we learn of Élisa's tragic past, raised by a mother who is a midwife, and how her childhood experiences shape her into a young woman marked by the harsh realities of love and survival. The narrative sets the stage for a profound exploration of her life choices and the social conditions that constrain and define her existence, hinting at the depth of character and societal critique that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Prisoners -- Fiction Prostitutes -- France -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 279021 278764 2024-09-13T04:52:02.285634 2023-09-13T09:50:03.334385 text/html text/html 279014 278757 2024-09-13T04:52:02.467656 2023-09-13T09:50:03.476359 text/html text/html 145719 2024-09-13T04:52:07.206698 application/epub+zip 148261 2024-09-13T04:52:03.704633 application/epub+zip 148261 2024-09-13T04:52:02.933696 application/epub+zip 294457 2024-09-13T04:52:10.528625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250918 2024-09-13T04:52:06.714696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251279 2022-09-14T05:41:32.548265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255443 255229 2024-09-13T04:52:02.028720 2023-09-13T09:50:03.117368 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 249188 2009-10-23T03:59:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97675 2009-10-23T03:59:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18760 2024-09-13T04:52:10.660659 application/rdf+xml 10944 2024-09-13T04:52:03.273633 image/jpeg 3201 2024-09-13T04:52:03.101638 image/jpeg 142584 2024-09-13T04:52:02.494654 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 fr.wikipedia