Boylesve, René 1867-1926 creator text utu 2006 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Sainte-Marie-des-Fleurs: Roman" by René Boylesve is a novel published in 1897. André meets Marie in Venice and falls instantly in love, but she is already engaged through family arrangement. Back in Paris, they confess their feelings, yet André loves the dream of Marie more than the woman herself. Social barriers and conflicting emotions create an impossible romance. A duel, an attempted suicide, and Marie's marriage to another man force them toward a painful final decision about their future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie-des-Fleurs Release date is 2006-08-03 Produced by Chuck Greif, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at DP Europe (http://dp.rastko.net). This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr Original publication data not identified French fiction -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18983 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18983 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133437.0 18983