Project Gutenberg 2012-07-03 Public domain in the USA. 121 Kock, Paul de 1793 1871 Kock, Charles Paul de Sister Anne (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume X) Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Sister Anne" by Paul de Kock is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story centers around Dubourg, a somewhat careless and whimsical man in his thirties, who finds himself in a predicament after losing money that he received from his aunt. As he wanders the streets of Paris during a quiet night, he reflects on his past misadventures and contemplates reaching out to his friend Frédéric, the son of a count, for assistance. At the start of the novel, we meet Dubourg as he walks through the silent boulevards of Paris, captured in a mix of introspection and self-deprecating humor. He laments his poor financial decisions and considers the implications of his gambling habit on his friendship with Frédéric. As tension builds, Dubourg unexpectedly stumbles upon a lavish ball at Frédéric's home, quickly realizing he’s crashed a significant social event. The beginning sets the stage for a comedic exploration of friendship, societal expectations, and the consequences of one's choices amid the vibrant backdrop of early 19th-century Parisian life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40133/40133-h/images/cover.jpg en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 870708 870716 2024-09-17T04:27:53.612277 2023-09-17T12:43:47.746951 text/html text/html 881483 2012-07-03T11:55:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 621427 2012-07-03T11:55:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 633777 2024-09-17T04:28:03.633223 application/epub+zip 647104 2024-09-17T04:27:54.826257 application/epub+zip 403979 2024-09-17T04:27:54.154339 application/epub+zip 909716 2024-09-17T04:28:10.752228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 858107 2024-09-17T04:28:03.033285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613806 2022-09-18T11:31:08.372373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829136 828973 2024-09-17T04:27:51.086290 2023-09-17T12:43:45.615014 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 826704 2012-07-03T11:55:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 307058 2012-07-03T11:55:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 826701 2012-07-03T11:55:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 306770 2012-07-03T11:55:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20349 2024-09-17T04:28:10.899327 application/rdf+xml 21747 2024-09-17T04:27:54.261275 image/jpeg 2400 2024-09-17T04:27:54.207279 image/jpeg 621002 2024-09-17T04:27:53.697346 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