El Abate Constantin by Ludovic Halévy

"El Abate Constantin" by Ludovic Halévy is a novel published in 1882. When an American actress purchases a French village castle, the elderly Abbot Constantine fears disaster for his beloved parish community. The Protestant newcomer threatens to disrupt the simple peasant life he has protected for thirty years. Yet Ms. Scott proves far more complex than the priest imagined. This gentle tale explores prejudice, faith, and unexpected grace in nineteenth-century rural France, where first impressions may deceive even the most devoted servants of God. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908
Title El Abate Constantin
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abbot_Constantine_(novel)
Credits Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Love stories
Subject France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Subject Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Fiction
Subject Clergy -- France -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 29703
Release Date
Last Update Jan 5, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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