02388cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000330012624500440015926400510020330000470025433600260030133700260032733800360035350000310038950502890042050801220070952011080083153400450193965300180198485600430200299900170204518004UtSlPG20260610133423.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a16023086  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aAldrich, Mildred,d1853-192810aTold in a French Garden :bAugust, 1914 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2006-03-160 aIntroduction -- I. The Youngster's Story -- II. The Trained Nurse's Story -- III. The Critic's Story -- IV. The Doctor's Story
V. The Sculptor's Story -- VI. The Divorcée's Story -- VII. The Lawyer's Story -- VIII. The Journalist's Story -- IX. The Violinist's Story -- X. Epilogue.  aProduced by Audrey Longhurst, Sankar Viswanathan, and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Told in a French Garden" by Mildred Aldrich is a collection of interconnected stories written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds in a picturesque French garden, where a diverse gathering of friends reunites amid the backdrop of World War I. Each chapter invites a different character to share their unique tale, offering reflections on life, love, and the complexities of human experience during tumultuous times.  At the start of the book, the author introduces a group of old acquaintances, each with their own backgrounds and experts in various fields, who find themselves spending the summer in a French garden in July 1914, just before the outbreak of war. As they bask in the beauty of their surroundings, the characters engage in conversations that reveal their personal lives and philosophies, setting the stage for an upcoming series of storytelling sessions. The reader is drawn into their dynamic as they recount tales from their pasts, all while the looming threat of war begins to cast a shadow over their idyllic summer retreat. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aShort stories40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18004  c59390d59390