Project Gutenberg 2015-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 36 Bourget, Paul 1852 1935 Bourget, Paul Charles Joseph Bourget, Charles Joseph Paul Colliander, Gertrud 1860 1942 La terre promise. Finnish Luvattu maa Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Luvattu maa" by Paul Bourget is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around the lives of Countess Louise Scilly and her daughter Henriette, highlighting themes of love, motherhood, and societal expectations in a beautifully depicted Sicilian setting. Henriette is engaged to Francis Nayrac, whose complex past and emotional turmoil will ultimately play a pivotal role in their relationship. The beginning of the novel introduces the serene atmosphere of Villa Tasca in Sicily, where Countess Scilly has just begun to recover from an illness. As her daughter Henriette and her fiancé Francis stroll through the sun-drenched garden, the countess reflects on her past, particularly the trauma of losing her husband in war and her hopes for her daughter's future. The narrative hints at the depth of Francis's character and the complications of his past relationships, particularly with a woman named Pauline Raffray, suggesting an impending emotional conflict as Henriette and Francis navigate their budding romance amidst the shadows of their histories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fi French fiction -- Translations into Finnish PQ Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 651845 651760 2024-09-21T07:50:45.776597 2023-09-22T05:17:27.068069 text/html text/html 651838 651753 2024-09-21T07:50:46.065700 2023-09-22T05:17:27.281078 text/html text/html 306135 2024-09-21T07:50:53.418521 application/epub+zip 315697 2024-09-21T07:50:48.121547 application/epub+zip 315697 2024-09-21T07:50:46.857556 application/epub+zip 527459 2024-09-21T07:50:57.989497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500744 2024-09-21T07:50:52.659550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468654 2022-09-22T20:37:06.455925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630984 630951 2024-09-21T07:50:45.302664 2023-09-22T05:17:26.709085 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 600378 2015-11-22T09:19:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 227562 2015-11-22T09:19:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18506 2024-09-21T07:50:58.117522 application/rdf+xml 11644 2024-09-21T07:50:47.404577 image/jpeg 3041 2024-09-21T07:50:47.129565 image/jpeg 304212 2024-09-21T07:50:46.127574 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