02487cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500350014826400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033350000310036950802060040052013690060653400490197565300350202485600520205985600430211199900190215475961UtSlPG20260610134746.0mcr n260607r20251878utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aCherbuliez, Victor,d1829-189913aLe roman d'une honnête femme 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-04-26  aLaurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))  a"Le roman d'une honnête femme" by Victor Cherbuliez is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story seems to revolve around Isabelle, a thoughtful and serious young woman living a secluded, dutiful life with her antiquarian father in the French countryside. Likely focused on themes of virtue, personal fulfillment, and social expectation, the novel introduces potential romantic intrigue and questions of destiny as outside influences threaten Isabelle’s ordered world.  The opening of the novel presents Isabelle's correspondence with her former confidant, an abbé now far away in Canada, where she reflects on the course of her life, her close bond with her father, and the routines of their somewhat isolated existence. After the departure of the abbé, life at Louveau is tranquil but introspective: her father finds joy in archaeological pursuits and ancient artifacts, while Isabelle herself is caught between satisfaction and a vague restlessness. The arrival of the lively baronne de Ferjeux and the ensuing plans for Isabelle’s possible marriage introduce both social and emotional turbulence, climaxing with the appearance of the marquis de Lestang. The tone is reflective, witty, and subtle as Isabelle narrates her gradual confrontation with change, new relationships, and her own desires. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cParis: Hachette, 1878  aFrench fiction -- 19th century4 uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6505268740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75961  c116686d116686