02773cam a22003973u 4500 67074 UtSlPG 20260610134540.0 m cr n 260607r20221908utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 17 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2022-01-01 Mont-Oriol. Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 17" by Guy de Maupassant is a comprehensive collection of literary works written in the late 19th century. This volume includes the story "Mont-Oriol," which revolves around a thermal spa and the complex relationships of the characters drawn there for health and leisure. Maupassant’s writing typically explores themes of society, psychology, and the human condition, providing rich character studies amidst a vividly rendered backdrop. The opening of "Mont-Oriol" sets the scene at a thermal spa in the picturesque Auvergne region, where the first bathers are seen strolling amid the tranquil landscape. The story introduces key characters, including the rigorous doctor Bonnefille, who oversees the spa, and the marquis de Ravenel, who is concerned for his wife’s health and seeks out the older doctor's care. A young woman, Madame Andermatt—a patient at the spa experiencing vague ailments—also enters the narrative, characterized by her beauty and desire for motherhood. As the characters navigate their relationships in the context of the spa and its treatments, their intertwined stories begin to unfold against the backdrop of social dynamics, hopes, and the quest for healing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: France: Louis Conard, 1908 Domestic fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction Health resorts -- Fiction French literature -- 19th century France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Women -- France -- Fiction https://archive.org/details/montoriol00maupuoft https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67074 107896 107896