Project Gutenberg 2015-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 55 Fournier, Edouard 1819 1880 Fournier, Édouard Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (06/10) Recueil de piéces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Guy de Montpellier, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Variétés Historiques et Littéraires" by Édouard Fournier is a historical and literary collection written during the mid-19th century. This compilation features rare and curious pieces in prose and verse, showcasing various historical events and reflections on literature. The book selectively revisits significant moments and personalities from history, reflecting on the impact of literature in shaping narratives. At the start of the work, Fournier recounts a catastrophic flooding event that occurred along the Loire River in January 1633. Through vivid descriptions, he narrates the dramatic consequences of the deluge, detailing the panic of families trying to save their lives amidst the powerful waters. The opening portion introduces various characters, including a father grappling with the safety of his children and a gentleman caught off guard by the sudden rise of water. The narratives highlight not just the individual tragedies caused by the disaster but also the miraculous escapes attributed to divine intervention, setting a tone of both reverence and inquiry into human resilience and fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French literature PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 673828 673733 2024-09-20T09:05:31.190348 2023-09-21T05:52:18.519933 text/html text/html 675140 2015-03-12T11:21:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 972131 2015-03-12T11:21:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 953324 2024-09-20T09:05:47.032021 application/epub+zip 962650 2024-09-20T09:05:34.966083 application/epub+zip 313835 2024-09-20T09:05:33.191197 application/epub+zip 1194404 2024-09-20T09:05:53.673021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1083671 2024-09-20T09:05:44.256011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435636 2022-09-22T04:42:02.086950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540907 540606 2024-09-20T09:05:28.703115 2023-09-21T05:52:16.139923 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 533655 2015-03-12T11:21:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 201125 2015-03-12T11:21:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18882 2024-09-20T09:05:53.824003 application/rdf+xml 11372 2024-09-20T09:05:33.366068 image/jpeg 2093 2024-09-20T09:05:33.279074 image/jpeg 996827 2024-09-20T09:05:31.318162 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