Germaine by Edmond About
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"Germaine" by Edmond About is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the struggles of the La Tour d'Embleuse family, particularly focusing on Germaine, the daughter who is gravely ill and entwined in her parents' turbulent lives as they confront their financial decline and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the scene is set in the grand Hôtel de Sanglié in Paris where the baron
provides a glimpse into the domestic life of the aristocracy and its servitude. We witness the interactions among the household staff as they speculate on their master's wealth. Contrasting this domestic bliss, the narrative shifts to the duchess, Germaine’s mother, who is described with poignant detail as she grapples with poverty and the welfare of her ill daughter. The text introduces a central conflict when the family’s aristocratic identity collides with pressing financial struggles, leading to a desperate conversation about the potential marriage of Germaine to a wealthy suitor, sharpening themes of love, sacrifice, and social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | About, Edmond, 1828-1885 |
|---|---|
| Title | Germaine |
| Credits | Produced by Carlo Traverso, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18092 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 2006 |
| Last Update | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 374 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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