Project Gutenberg 2012-10-29 Public domain in the USA. 63 Kock, Paul de 1793 1871 Kock, Charles Paul de The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) 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) "The Bashful Lover" by Paul de Kock is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story opens in 1818 during a wedding celebration, focusing on the peculiar union of Monsieur le Marquis de Grandvilain, who is nearing seventy, and Mademoiselle Aménaïde Dufoureau, who, at forty-four, has finally accepted him after years of mutual affection and resistance. The themes explored include the nature of love, age, and societal expectations, weaving humor with character exploration as the story unfolds. The opening of the novel introduces readers to the characters of the old marquis and his much younger bride, detailing their wedding festivities while providing insights into their backgrounds and emotional lives. Monsieur de Grandvilain, depicted as a once-charismatic figure now content in his advancing years, has finally chosen to marry Aménaïde, who has waited long for true affection. Through lively descriptions and wit, the scene sets the stage for their relationship dynamics, established years earlier but only now realized. As the narrative develops, it hints at the challenges they may face as older newlyweds and the societal implications of such a union. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41225/41225-h/images/cover.jpg en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 723669 723680 2024-09-17T10:25:25.907555 2023-09-18T05:31:16.818670 text/html text/html 734918 2021-01-25T13:46:43 text/html; charset=utf-8 562138 2021-01-25T13:46:43 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 574173 2024-09-17T10:25:34.910506 application/epub+zip 586018 2024-09-17T10:25:26.991533 application/epub+zip 342486 2024-09-17T10:25:26.438548 application/epub+zip 798834 2024-09-17T10:25:40.894459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 767788 2024-09-17T10:25:34.316540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523020 2022-09-18T19:32:53.184018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 671578 2024-09-17T10:25:23.754579 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 685473 2012-10-29T16:56:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 248747 2012-10-29T16:56:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 669881 2012-10-29T16:56:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 246853 2012-10-29T16:56:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 669877 2012-10-29T16:56:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 246655 2012-10-29T16:56:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21938 2024-09-17T10:25:41.046452 application/rdf+xml 15011 2024-09-17T10:25:26.543533 image/jpeg 2561 2024-09-17T10:25:26.490529 image/jpeg 563079 2024-09-17T10:25:25.979656 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