Project Gutenberg 2010-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 72 Kock, Paul de 1793 1871 Kock, Charles Paul de Jean Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries.) "Jean" by Paul de Kock is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around M. François Durand, an herborist, and the events surrounding the birth of his first child, Jean, as they unfold in a bustling Parisian setting. With a mix of humor and warmth, the narrative explores the relationships among family members, friends, and the challenges of parenthood. The opening of the novel introduces us to M. Durand, who is startled awake by his servant, Catherine, to find that his wife is in labor. Despite his deep sleep, he soon realizes the gravity of the situation and hurriedly sets off into the night to fetch an accoucheur and a midwife. The scene blends comedic elements with the urgency of childbirth, illustrating the chaos, anticipation, and excitement surrounding the arrival of a new family member. As Durand navigates the late-night streets filled with whimsical characters and potential dangers, the anxieties of the couple about parenthood begin to take shape, setting the stage for the family's evolving dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Paris (France) -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 753605 753614 2024-09-13T08:11:32.554192 2023-09-13T12:49:42.581615 text/html text/html 750972 2010-01-25T07:51:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 378166 2010-01-25T07:51:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 432900 2024-09-13T08:11:41.461155 application/epub+zip 443409 2024-09-13T08:11:34.349198 application/epub+zip 322786 2024-09-13T08:11:33.327201 application/epub+zip 677660 2024-09-13T08:11:47.033187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642750 2024-09-13T08:11:40.710206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 515394 2022-09-14T09:52:38.343471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719815 2024-09-13T08:11:31.272246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 719718 2010-01-25T07:51:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 257511 2010-01-25T07:51:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 702213 2010-01-25T07:51:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 255047 2010-01-25T07:51:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20217 2024-09-13T08:11:47.173116 application/rdf+xml 8074 2024-09-13T08:11:33.679269 image/jpeg 2266 2024-09-13T08:11:33.503187 image/jpeg 420326 2024-09-13T08:11:32.628273 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