Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Pamela Giraud: A Play in Five Acts Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by John Bickers, David Widger and Dagny "Pamela Giraud: A Play in Five Acts" by Honoré de Balzac is a dramatic work written during the early 19th century. The play unfolds within the backdrop of Paris during the Napoleonic plots under Louis XVIII and focuses on the titular character, Pamela Giraud, as she navigates issues of love, honor, and societal expectations amid various political intrigues. The opening of the play introduces us to Pamela working at her craft as an artificial flower-maker, revealing her inner thoughts about love and societal pressures. She interacts with Joseph Binet, a friend and suitor, who expresses his feelings for her, but she clearly does not reciprocate. Things take a turn when Jules Rousseau, a wealthy young man, comes into the scene, seeking refuge in Pamela's room, suggesting a love entanglement fraught with danger. The initial act sets up the ensuing dramatic tension as Pamela grapples with her feelings for Jules, the implications of hiding a man in her home, and the pressures from her family, all while the specter of social judgment looms ominously over her choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French drama -- 19th century -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 145739 145740 2024-10-04T05:41:27.210761 2023-10-04T05:55:54.820692 text/html text/html 140435 2013-04-04T14:47:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii 48115 2013-04-04T14:47:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 131897 2024-10-04T05:41:35.099714 application/epub+zip 136072 2024-10-04T05:41:30.589728 application/epub+zip 116367 2024-10-04T05:41:29.333740 application/epub+zip 273361 2024-10-04T05:41:37.237708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283100 2024-10-04T05:41:34.294750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206924 2022-09-04T08:45:10.734115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136726 136695 2024-10-04T05:41:26.909763 2023-10-04T05:55:54.615676 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 136514 2009-07-24T15:40:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47393 2009-07-24T15:41:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19584 2024-10-04T05:41:37.361703 application/rdf+xml 15782 2024-10-04T05:41:29.868731 image/jpeg 3820 2024-10-04T05:41:29.599745 image/jpeg 131511 2024-10-04T05:41:27.223767 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