Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 102 Hugo, Victor 1802 1885 Hugo, Victor Marie, comte Hugo, Víctor Quatrevingt-Treize Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Stan Goodman, Renald Levesque and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Quatrevingt-Treize" by Victor Hugo is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book portrays the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution, focusing particularly on the events in the Vendée region. It delves into themes of civil war, moral dilemmas, and the human cost of revolution, centering around characters caught in these violent struggles, including a group of soldiers and a mother named Michelle Fléchard who is fleeing with her children. The opening of the novel introduces the grim scenario of a battalion of Parisian soldiers searching the dangerous Bois de la Saudraie in May 1793, amid the devastating consequences of the ongoing civil war. As the battalion navigates the eerie, flower-laden woods filled with signs of past violence, they encounter Michelle Fléchard, a terrified woman hiding with her three children. The soldiers, initially on high alert for foes, are met with a moral conflict when they realize the vulnerability of the woman and her children, then their sergeant chooses compassion over violence. This dramatic opening sets the stage for the ensuing exploration of humanity amid the brutality of war, underscoring the moral complexities faced by individuals during this turbulent period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 841995 841888 2024-10-04T11:31:27.413253 2023-10-05T03:39:47.551206 text/html text/html 841988 841881 2024-10-04T11:31:27.797230 2023-10-05T03:39:47.829207 text/html text/html 383305 2024-10-04T11:31:41.310173 application/epub+zip 396099 2024-10-04T11:31:31.553218 application/epub+zip 383519 2024-10-04T11:31:30.009278 application/epub+zip 724844 2024-10-04T11:31:48.736168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657088 2024-10-04T11:31:40.167173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 628676 2022-09-05T04:58:26.494953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 741506 741450 2024-10-04T11:31:26.626264 2023-10-05T03:39:46.968209 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 722841 2021-01-02T07:41:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 277652 2021-01-02T07:41:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19545 2024-10-04T11:31:48.877130 application/rdf+xml 15178 2024-10-04T11:31:30.559203 image/jpeg 3827 2024-10-04T11:31:30.285213 image/jpeg 372126 2024-10-04T11:31:27.869239 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