02428cam a22003493u 4500 77454 UtSlPG 20260610134808.0 m cr n 260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PQ Estaunié, Édouard, 1862-1942 L'ascension de M. Baslèvre. Finnish Hra Baslèvren herääminen Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-12-13 Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen "Hra Baslèvren herääminen" by Édouard Estaunié is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Justin Baslèvre, a meticulous Parisian civil servant from Limousin whose well-ordered, solitary life begins to stir when a chance encounter with his bohemian childhood friend, Gustave Gros, unsettles his certainties and awakens long-dormant desires. The opening of the novel paints Paris as layered worlds and lingers on the faded, secluded charm of Place des Vosges, where young Justin once rented a garret and quietly rose over decades to become a high official. Now a confirmed bachelor with an immaculate public façade, he is jolted when Gustave, a carefree writer-clerk from his past, appears at his office seeking help. Shaken, Justin slips out of work for the first time, wanders the Tuileries with the ministerial doctor Michon—who bluntly suggests Nature will reclaim him, perhaps through love—and broods over what he may have missed. He then intercedes with Beaux-Arts chief Rabault to spare Gustave a reprimand and, driven by curiosity, visits Gustave’s address on Boulevard Blanqui. Surprised by the man’s respectable home, Justin listens as their guarded, ironic talk hints at hardship behind Gustave’s cheer—and at the first cracks in Justin’s own carefully sealed life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Helsinki: Otava, 1923 Unrequited love -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into Finnish Faith -- Fiction Ikonen, Lauri, 1888-1966 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77454 118174 118174