Project Gutenberg 2012-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 59 Karr, Alphonse 1808 1890 Karr, Jean-Alphonse Midi à quatorze heures Histoire d'un voisin—Voyage dans Paris—Une visite à l'Arsenal—Un homme et une femme 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 Internet Archive) "Midi à quatorze heures" by Alphonse Karr is a fictional narrative written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Roger, a once-successful writer who has retreated to a quiet life in Honfleur with his wife, Marthe. The novel explores themes of ennui, love, and emotional isolation as Roger finds himself increasingly disconnected from his wife and drawn into a correspondence with a mysterious woman referred to as "MMM." The opening of the work sets the scene in the charming town of Honfleur, providing vivid descriptions of the surroundings and introducing the protagonist, Roger. As the narrative unfolds, Roger is depicted as a man grappling with his past successes and current dissatisfaction with domestic life, feeling an emotional void that Marthe cannot fill. In his search for inspiration and connection, he begins to correspond with an unknown woman, whose words reignite feelings of passion and longing within him. The text cleverly juxtaposes Roger's external lifestyle—a quiet, uneventful life in a quaint cottage—with his internal struggles, creating a compelling narrative that hints at deeper emotional and romantic conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40707/40707-h/images/cover.jpg fr French literature -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 343798 343808 2024-09-17T07:46:46.302008 2023-09-17T15:52:35.926358 text/html text/html 347297 2021-01-25T13:41:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 176212 2021-01-25T13:41:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 182355 2024-09-17T07:46:51.425490 application/epub+zip 187414 2024-09-17T07:46:47.153997 application/epub+zip 161025 2024-09-17T07:46:46.671013 application/epub+zip 301273 2024-09-17T07:46:54.965464 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279886 2024-09-17T07:46:51.068664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253632 2022-09-18T15:57:43.725210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324465 2024-09-17T07:46:45.548047 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317286 2012-09-07T16:51:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 117749 2012-09-08T17:51:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 310949 2012-09-07T16:50:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116896 2012-09-08T17:51:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20395 2024-09-17T07:46:55.126445 application/rdf+xml 23211 2024-09-17T07:46:46.753996 image/jpeg 3497 2024-09-17T07:46:46.712998 image/jpeg 175208 2024-09-17T07:46:46.338012 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