Project Gutenberg 2011-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 82 Barbey d'Aurevilly, J. (Jules) 1808 1889 D'Aurevilly, Jules Amedee Barbey D'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée Barbey D'Aurevilly, J. Barbey (Jules Barbey) Aurevilly, J. Barbey d' (Jules Barbey d') d'Aurevilly, Jules Barbey Marold, Luděk 1865 1898 Marold, Ludwig Marold, Ludek Mittis Mittis, Luigi Rossi Le Chevalier des Touches Produced by Laurent Vogel, Valérie Leduc, (The illustrations were produced from files generously made available by The Internet Archive.) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://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) "Le Chevalier des Touches" by J. Barbey d'Aurevilly is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story is set against the backdrop of the socio-political turmoil of post-Revolutionary France, focusing on themes of loyalty, nostalgia, and the echoes of past conflicts. The narrative revolves around the enigmatic figure of the Chevalier des Touches, exploring his presence and the impressions he leaves on those who remember him. The opening of the novel introduces us to the quiet yet ominous town of Valognes during the late Restoration period. As the town's residents hunker down against the elements, a mysterious figure—a man with an elegant old-world appearance—arrives. He is later identified as an abbé who has encountered the notorious Chevalier des Touches, described in a haunting manner that captivates those gathered in the parlor of the Touffedelys sisters. This encounter sets off a series of reflections on the past among the characters, who are bound by memories, loyalty to the Bourbon monarchy, and the scars of civil war, foreshadowing a deeper exploration of their intertwined fates as the mystery of the Chevalier unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- History -- Wars of the Vendée, 1793-1832 -- Fiction Chouans -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 363384 363390 2024-09-16T07:45:29.256270 2023-09-16T13:49:17.716535 text/html text/html 356215 2021-01-08T08:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 793964 2021-01-08T08:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 860121 2024-09-16T07:45:36.585244 application/epub+zip 862824 2024-09-16T07:45:31.358269 application/epub+zip 200686 2024-09-16T07:45:30.019297 application/epub+zip 996508 2024-09-16T07:45:40.424227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 958529 2024-09-16T07:45:35.500281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305276 2022-09-17T13:15:53.226688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326176 325798 2024-09-16T07:45:28.288277 2023-09-16T13:49:17.059488 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 318267 2021-01-08T08:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 123247 2021-01-08T08:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20975 2024-09-16T07:45:40.572210 application/rdf+xml 11167 2024-09-16T07:45:30.395266 image/jpeg 3054 2024-09-16T07:45:30.208286 image/jpeg 846200 2024-09-16T07:45:29.360285 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia