Project Gutenberg 2010-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 161 Gautier, Théophile 1811 1872 Gaultier, Theophile Gautier, Theophile Gautier, Pierre-Jules-Théophile Partie carrée Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partie_carr%C3%A9e_(Th%C3%A9ophile_Gautier) Reading ease score: 61.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Partie carrée" by Théophile Gautier is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in Folkstone, England, focusing primarily on the character of Geordie, the hotelier of the only tavern in the village, the "Lion Rouge". The novel presents a blend of humor, human nature, and social commentary, as it navigates Geordie's interactions with a mysterious traveler who upends his usual routine. The opening of "Partie carrée" introduces us to a damp November morning in Folkstone, where Geordie stands outside his inn, lost in thoughts of profit and property. His reverie is interrupted by the brash arrival of a stranger, who rudely engages him by striking his belly, leading to a humorous exchange that reveals both men’s character and motivations. As Geordie navigates this encounter, his assumptions about the stranger's social status are challenged, culminating in a transaction regarding a carriage. This beginning sets the stage for a larger narrative intertwined with themes of deception, identity, and the allure of social appearances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 437390 437391 2025-01-14T06:06:26.296085 2023-09-15T06:22:06.269247 text/html text/html 433378 2010-11-11T17:48:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 165875 2010-11-11T17:50:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230447 2025-01-14T06:06:34.334927 application/epub+zip 237566 2025-01-14T06:06:28.785955 application/epub+zip 237567 2025-01-14T06:06:27.173991 application/epub+zip 422407 2025-01-14T06:06:38.445943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401228 2025-01-14T06:06:33.560956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367602 2022-09-15T14:46:47.762374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415454 2025-01-14T06:06:25.372996 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 415358 2010-11-11T17:48:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 160786 2010-11-11T17:50:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 405012 2010-11-11T17:48:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 159249 2010-11-11T17:50:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21559 2025-01-14T06:06:38.578925 application/rdf+xml 12019 2025-01-14T06:06:27.946975 image/jpeg 3212 2025-01-14T06:06:27.664967 image/jpeg 226781 2025-01-14T06:06:26.343017 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