Project Gutenberg 2015-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 58 Lesueur, Daniel 1860 1921 Lapauze, Jeanne Loiseau, Mme. Le mariage de Gabrielle Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Clarity, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Le mariage de Gabrielle" by Daniel Lesueur is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around René de Laverdie, a young nobleman who has lost his fortune due to his reckless gambling, and his friend Alphonse de Linières, who is concerned for him. Central to the plot is the theme of social status, as René contemplates marrying Gabrielle Duriez, a bourgeois girl, to restore his financial situation. The opening of the novel sets an anxious scene, introducing the characters in a richly adorned high Gothic bedroom where Alphonse arrives to check on René. Alphonse's worry is palpable as he fears for his friend’s mental state following a disastrous night of gambling. The spacious and ornate details of René's room are juxtaposed with the despair of his financial ruin. As René awakens, he humorously deflects the dire situation, trying to maintain a facade of ease despite his losses. This initial interaction between the two friends establishes the central tension between their differing attitudes toward life and duty, setting the stage for the unfolding drama regarding love, class, and the possible marriage to Gabrielle. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 396779 396783 2024-10-21T09:05:56.929610 2023-09-22T06:23:15.987835 text/html text/html 390084 2015-12-20T08:06:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202752 2015-12-20T08:06:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 253780 2024-10-21T09:06:02.840528 application/epub+zip 251048 2024-10-21T09:05:57.984571 application/epub+zip 240115 2024-10-21T09:05:57.495600 application/epub+zip 356176 2024-10-21T09:06:06.624548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323396 2024-10-21T09:06:02.337589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312811 2022-09-23T05:06:40.205715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364872 364650 2024-10-21T09:05:56.230556 2023-09-22T06:23:15.319818 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 365046 2015-12-20T08:06:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 136959 2015-12-20T08:06:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20151 2024-10-21T09:06:06.754561 application/rdf+xml 13933 2024-10-21T09:05:57.590568 image/jpeg 2812 2024-10-21T09:05:57.542552 image/jpeg 207467 2024-10-21T09:05:56.972588 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