Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 58 Erckmann-Chatrian Contes de la Montagne Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Une nuit dans les bois -- Le tisserand de la Steinbach -- Le violon du pendu -- L'héritage de mon oncle Christian -- Hugues-le-loup -- Pourquoi Hunebourg ne fut pas rendu -- Le bouc d'Israël -- Le combat d'ours. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Contes de la Montagne" by Erckmann-Chatrian is a collection of stories written in the mid-19th century. This work presents various narratives set against the backdrop of the Vosges mountains, featuring rich descriptions of the landscape and its historical context. The stories often explore themes of folklore, historical events, and the interactions between characters that reflect a deeper cultural heritage. The opening of the book introduces the character of Bernard Hertzog, an enthusiastic scholar and chronicler who is deeply passionate about his homeland of Alsace and its history. On his way to investigate an archaeological find, he becomes lost in the woods, leading to a series of reflections about the past and his current predicament. As night falls, he encounters the local woodworker Christian, who offers him shelter. This chance meeting sparks a complex interplay between past and present, archaeology and folklore, setting the tone for the intertwining tales that follow in this enchanting collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 436290 436170 2024-10-04T06:06:41.190331 2023-10-04T06:16:29.388277 text/html text/html 436283 436163 2024-10-04T06:06:41.479332 2023-10-04T06:16:29.585250 text/html text/html 232122 2024-10-04T06:06:49.226416 application/epub+zip 238366 2024-10-04T06:06:43.665353 application/epub+zip 238365 2024-10-04T06:06:42.332312 application/epub+zip 426960 2024-10-04T06:06:53.389307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401546 2024-10-04T06:06:48.414283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379402 2022-09-04T09:15:37.805175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389238 389169 2024-10-04T06:06:40.619348 2023-10-04T06:16:28.983259 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 380732 2015-03-24T14:53:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148727 2015-03-24T15:03:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19275 2024-10-04T06:06:53.524246 application/rdf+xml 12887 2024-10-04T06:06:42.933356 image/jpeg 3286 2024-10-04T06:06:42.649323 image/jpeg 229527 2024-10-04T06:06:41.518320 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