Project Gutenberg 2013-05-21 Public domain in the USA. 132 Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 Dumas, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre, pere père, Alexandre Dumas Williams, Henry Llewellyn 1842 Williams, H. L. (Henry Llewellyn) Williams, Llew Mizzen, Matt Mizen, Mat La comtesse de Charny. English The Countess of Charny; or, The Execution of King Louis XVI Produced by Veronika Redfern, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Countess of Charny; or, The Execution of King Louis XVI" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The work explores themes of love, loyalty, and political intrigue during the turbulent times surrounding the French Revolution. Key characters include the Countess of Charny, a noblewoman caught in the chaos of the Revolution, and her husband, Count George, alongside other political figures of the era, such as King Louis XVI and various factions involved in the revolutionary movement. At the start of the narrative, we are transported to October 1, 1791, as the new Legislative Assembly of France is set to begin its sessions amidst rising political tensions. King Louis XVI and his family are held captive in the Tuileries Palace, grappling with the precariousness of their situation. Among the assembly's members are diverse individuals from various societal sectors, including the peasant François Billet, who harbors personal grievances against the nobility due to past injustices. The chapter introduces a web of relationships and conflicts that connect the characters, notably the strained marriage between the Count and Countess of Charny, which is paralleled by younger characters like the loyal peasant lad Ange Pitou, revealing personal struggles against the backdrop of the broader societal upheaval. This sets the stage for an exploration of love, treachery, and loyalty during a critical period in French history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42757/42757-h/images/th_cover.jpg en France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 464916 464855 2024-09-18T05:01:19.073115 2023-09-18T13:23:14.202683 text/html text/html 470824 2013-05-21T06:33:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 622662 2013-05-21T06:33:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 654489 2024-09-18T05:01:28.179913 application/epub+zip 658162 2024-09-18T05:01:20.698973 application/epub+zip 224494 2024-09-18T05:01:19.641960 application/epub+zip 976543 2024-09-18T05:01:33.744872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 923603 2024-09-18T05:01:27.028923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330948 2022-09-19T14:07:28.718391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413604 413497 2024-09-18T05:01:17.212103 2023-09-18T13:23:12.543684 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 413262 2013-05-21T06:33:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 161891 2013-05-21T06:33:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 413254 2013-05-21T06:33:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161856 2013-05-21T06:33:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21697 2024-09-18T05:01:33.909881 application/rdf+xml 9578 2024-09-18T05:01:19.751952 image/jpeg 2474 2024-09-18T05:01:19.697946 image/jpeg 625162 2024-09-18T05:01:19.132150 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