Project Gutenberg 2017-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 82 Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 Tales of All Countries Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. La mère Bauche -- The O'Conors of Castle Conor -- John Bull on the Guadalquivir -- Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica -- The courtship of Susan Bell -- Relics of General Chassé -- An unprotected female at the pyramids -- The château of Prince Polignac -- Aaron Trow -- Mrs. General Talboys -- The parson's daughter of Oxney Colne -- George Walker at Suez -- The mistletoe bough -- Returning home -- A ride across Palestine -- The house of Heine Brothers, in Munich -- The man who kept his money in a box. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at Google Books) "Tales of All Countries" by Anthony Trollope is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work showcases a variety of narratives that reflect Trollope's keen observations of human behavior and societal norms across different cultures and settings. Among the characters introduced is La Mère Bauche, a stern hotel keeper in the Pyrenees, who grapples with family responsibilities and social expectations. The opening of the collection begins with the story "La Mère Bauche," set in a lesser-known part of the Pyrenees, where the protagonist manages a modest hotel catering to visitors seeking thermal baths. The narrative vividly portrays Madame Bauche’s strict and unyielding nature as she balances the demands of her guests with her personal life, especially her relationship with her youngest son, Adolphe. As romantic tensions rise surrounding Adolphe’s affection for an orphan named Marie, the complexities of love, duty, and societal constraints come into play, setting up an emotional conflict that unfolds as the story progresses. The chapter establishes a rich backdrop and introduces themes of love, duty, and the intersection of personal desires with societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Manners and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1057780 1057783 2024-09-23T04:17:33.781653 2023-09-23T15:08:13.773425 text/html text/html 1069626 2021-01-24T17:41:47 text/html; charset=utf-8 403329 2021-01-24T17:41:47 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 428684 2024-09-23T04:17:45.017603 application/epub+zip 443181 2024-09-23T04:17:35.412656 application/epub+zip 443181 2024-09-23T04:17:34.610652 application/epub+zip 710703 2024-09-23T04:17:52.699541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649622 2024-09-23T04:17:44.141632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649514 2022-09-25T03:37:07.156326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1006890 1006735 2024-09-23T04:17:31.794187 2023-09-23T15:08:11.902919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1006745 2017-07-18T15:32:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 368169 2017-07-18T15:32:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18848 2024-09-23T04:17:52.837554 application/rdf+xml 9761 2024-09-23T04:17:34.739623 image/jpeg 2030 2024-09-23T04:17:34.686629 image/jpeg 402375 2024-09-23T04:17:33.873643 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