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 Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| 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 | Aug 15, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 375 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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