Project Gutenberg 2010-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 227 Sue, Eugène 1804 1857 Sue, Eugene Sue, Marie Joseph Sue, Marie Joseph Eugène The Mysteries of Paris, illustrated with etchings, Vol. 1 Produced by David Edwards, Christine Aldridge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Stanford University, SUL Books in the Public Domain) "The Mysteries of Paris" by Eugène Sue is a serialized novel written in the early 19th century. The story delves into the underbelly of Parisian society, exploring themes of crime, poverty, and survival through a cast of colorful characters. The narrative prominently features the mysterious and heroic figure of Rodolph, a man with a concealed past who becomes entwined with the lives of downtrodden individuals like La Goualeuse, a young girl struggling to escape her grim reality. At the start of the novel, the scene is set on a rainy night in Paris, where a man, later revealed as Rodolph, intervenes to help La Goualeuse from a menacing character known as the Chourineur. Their encounter unfolds in the dark streets of the Cité, a notorious area rife with crime and desperation. As Rodolph displays formidable strength in defending La Goualeuse, a sense of camaraderie begins to form between the two. The opening chapters intricately depict a grim reality filled with threats, struggles for survival, and the early formation of unlikely alliances, leaving the reader intrigued by the characters' fates and the secrets that surround them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Paris (France) -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 663210 663220 2024-09-14T08:52:28.110666 2023-09-15T04:14:26.311768 text/html text/html 671951 2010-09-22T14:05:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 600119 2010-09-22T14:05:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 681750 2024-09-14T08:52:38.726095 application/epub+zip 689726 2024-09-14T08:52:30.429657 application/epub+zip 332554 2024-09-14T08:52:29.137653 application/epub+zip 968285 2024-09-14T08:52:44.759067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 923874 2024-09-14T08:52:37.573076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567930 2022-09-15T11:51:16.056765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609998 609830 2024-09-14T08:52:26.275628 2023-09-15T04:14:24.627239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 609702 2010-09-22T14:05:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233383 2010-09-22T14:05:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 609717 2010-09-22T14:05:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 233203 2010-09-22T14:05:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20618 2024-09-14T08:52:44.913036 application/rdf+xml 19626 2024-09-14T08:52:29.508613 image/jpeg 4119 2024-09-14T08:52:29.321689 image/jpeg 662019 2024-09-14T08:52:28.185644 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