Project Gutenberg 2015-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 90 Farrère, Claude 1876 1957 Farrere, Claude Bargone, Charles Toulven, Pierre Bargone, Frédéric Charles Pierre Édouard Bargone, Frederic Charles Pierre Edouard Bargone, François Charles Bargone, Francois Charles Fouqueray, Charles 1869 1956 La Bataille Produced by Madeleine Fournier. "La Bataille" by Claude Farrère is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the intricacies of the Russo-Japanese War, presenting a narrative that intertwines history and fiction to explore themes of honor, tradition, and cultural clash through its characters, including the Japanese marquis Yorisaka and the French painter Jean-François Felze. At the start of the novel, Jean-François Felze arrives at the home of the marquis Yorisaka in Japan, where he is to paint a portrait of the marquise. The contrast between traditional Japanese elements and Western influences is immediately evident as Felze navigates the beautifully decorated but Europeanized home. As he interacts with the marquise, questions of identity and cultural change arise, highlighting the societal shifts occurring during this period. The initial scenes set the tone for a complex exploration of personal and national identities against the backdrop of a world at war, promising a blend of philosophical dialogue and vivid cultural observations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- Fiction French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 398396 398427 2024-09-21T04:34:42.721143 2023-09-21T14:23:53.660872 text/html text/html 404464 2015-10-13T19:20:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 1179937 2015-10-13T19:20:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1157589 2024-09-21T04:34:49.120069 application/epub+zip 1164694 2024-09-21T04:34:43.754114 application/epub+zip 214992 2024-09-21T04:34:43.220107 application/epub+zip 1304960 2024-09-21T04:34:53.395057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1272961 2024-09-21T04:34:48.597104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325596 2022-09-22T17:01:59.263060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363438 363424 2024-09-21T04:34:41.498117 2023-09-21T14:23:52.363886 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 363708 2015-10-13T19:20:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 140645 2015-10-13T19:20:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19826 2024-09-21T04:34:53.536061 application/rdf+xml 14701 2024-09-21T04:34:43.328098 image/jpeg 2460 2024-09-21T04:34:43.274100 image/jpeg 1185412 2024-09-21T04:34:42.794115 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