Project Gutenberg 2021-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 51 Pouvillon, Emile 1840 1906 Pouvillon, Émile Le vœu d'être chaste: roman Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Clarity and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Le vœu d'être chaste: roman" by Émile Pouvillon is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative seems to explore themes of faith, morality, and the struggles of a young seminarian, Gilbert Nohèdes, as he navigates the challenges of religious devotion against the backdrop of worldly temptations. The story delves into Gilbert's reflections on his vocation and his encounters with the complexities of love, duty, and purity. The opening of the novel introduces Gilbert Nohèdes, who is a seminarian preparing to leave for his summer vacations. As he recollects his journey towards the priesthood, his thoughts drift from childhood innocence to the hardships of adolescence, marked by a profound loss and a moral crisis stemming from his father's infidelity. He experiences an inner battle between his spiritual ambitions and the allure of worldly pleasures, especially as he prepares to return to his hometown where memories of a childhood friend, Claire Mériel, haunt him. The tensions between his devout aspirations and the mundane realities of life begin to surface, setting the stage for deeper conflicts as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 298562 298587 2024-11-26T13:52:34.052881 2023-09-28T03:37:19.285640 text/html text/html 304103 2021-03-16T19:27:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 249868 2024-11-26T13:52:38.310912 application/epub+zip 249798 2024-11-26T13:52:34.667908 application/epub+zip 208706 2024-11-26T13:52:34.356903 application/epub+zip 322359 2024-11-26T13:52:41.682958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294987 2024-11-26T13:52:38.024875 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254700 2022-09-29T07:41:05.915515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280418 280397 2024-11-26T13:52:33.630914 2023-09-28T03:37:18.895659 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 280169 2021-03-16T19:27:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17761 2024-11-26T13:52:41.803124 application/rdf+xml 13157 2024-11-26T13:52:34.438902 image/jpeg 2426 2024-11-26T13:52:34.396901 image/jpeg 204803 2024-11-26T13:52:34.088883 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