Project Gutenberg 2018-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 64 Radcliffe, Ann Ward 1764 1823 Radcliffe, Mrs. Ratcliffe, Mrs. Rattcliffe, Anne Radcliffe, Anne Soulés, François 1748 1809 Soulès, François Soules, Francois La forêt, ou l'abbaye de Saint-Clair (tome 1/3) traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde édition Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Laurent Vogel, Hans Pieterse 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) "La forêt, ou l'abbaye de Saint-Clair" by Ann Ward Radcliffe is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story opens with the plight of Pierre de La Motte, a man on the run from his creditors, and his wife, Madame La Motte, as they embark on a journey into the unknown, while the young and beautiful Adeline, caught in circumstances beyond her control, seems to become intertwined with their fate. The novel explores themes of morality, adventure, and romantic intrigue against a backdrop of dark and mysterious settings. At the start of the tale, Pierre and Madame La Motte are escaping Paris in a carriage, grappling with their financial ruin, while Adeline's introduction hints at her own tragic backstory. The couple's journey takes a turn when they encounter brigands in a lonely inn, leading to a tense rescue of Adeline by Pierre. As they seek safety and shelter, the opening portion sets the stage in the ruins of an abbey, evoking gothic elements that signal danger and mystery ahead. The emotional turmoil experienced by the characters foreshadows their interactions, while also laying the groundwork for their evolving relationships as they navigate their precarious situation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Gothic fiction PR Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 320064 320063 2024-09-24T04:48:06.437447 2023-09-25T04:14:18.322261 text/html text/html 316137 2018-08-22T13:20:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 351617 2018-08-22T13:20:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 365624 2024-09-24T04:48:11.151415 application/epub+zip 367192 2024-09-24T04:48:07.482430 application/epub+zip 186938 2024-09-24T04:48:06.932443 application/epub+zip 465739 2024-09-24T04:48:14.411448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348067 2024-09-24T04:48:10.675452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259770 2022-09-26T06:16:26.930956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290986 290716 2024-09-24T04:48:05.993463 2023-09-25T04:14:17.878282 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 290915 2018-08-22T13:20:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 104976 2018-08-22T13:21:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19175 2024-09-24T04:48:14.545402 application/rdf+xml 29897 2024-09-24T04:48:07.006437 image/jpeg 3728 2024-09-24T04:48:06.969559 image/jpeg 353607 2024-09-24T04:48:06.476440 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