Project Gutenberg 2012-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 97 Kock, Paul de 1793 1871 Kock, Charles Paul de Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) 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) "Le Cocu" by Paul de Kock is a novel written in the early 19th century. The book appears to explore themes of love, infidelity, and the complexities of human relationships in a comedic light. The opening portion introduces various characters in a reading room, establishing a lively setting filled with diverse personalities, including a jealous husband and his secretive wife, who are involved in an intricate love affair. The beginning of the novel sets the scene in a reading room where patrons engage with newspapers while waiting for their turn. Among them, a playful young woman requests a novel, showcasing her spirited personality. As the chapter unfolds, it introduces Bélan, a character entwined in romantic intrigues, who is in a state of distress after a close call with his lover's suspicious husband. This intricately woven narrative hints at both humor and societal commentary while establishing the social dynamics and the various romantic entanglements that will likely drive the plot forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40959/40959-h/images/cover.jpg en French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 756153 756162 2024-09-17T09:03:13.467886 2023-09-18T04:17:44.480235 text/html text/html 767561 2021-01-25T13:43:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 568309 2021-01-25T13:43:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 579433 2024-09-17T09:03:23.035842 application/epub+zip 593184 2024-09-17T09:03:14.596878 application/epub+zip 356060 2024-09-17T09:03:14.030870 application/epub+zip 824014 2024-09-17T09:03:29.544814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 783771 2024-09-17T09:03:22.229852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544775 2022-09-18T17:43:13.014358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 704508 2024-09-17T09:03:11.274878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 716977 2012-10-06T15:35:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 259582 2012-10-06T15:36:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 703507 2012-10-06T15:35:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 257715 2012-10-06T15:36:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 703503 2012-10-06T15:31:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 257430 2012-10-06T15:36:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21917 2024-09-17T09:03:29.694796 application/rdf+xml 17262 2024-09-17T09:03:14.141864 image/jpeg 2549 2024-09-17T09:03:14.087859 image/jpeg 568788 2024-09-17T09:03:13.542875 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