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050 4 _aPQ
100 1 _aClaretie, Jules,
_d1840-1913
245 1 4 _aLes Huit Jours du Petit Marquis; Carlos et Cornélius
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-02-14
508 _aDelphine Lettau PM, Cindy Beyer, and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net.
520 _a"Les Huit Jours du Petit Marquis; Carlos et Cornélius" by Jules Claretie is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story centers around the character of the marquis de Beauchamp d'Antignac, an exiled French nobleman navigating life in London after escaping the tumult of the French Revolution. The narrative explores themes of longing, identity, and the contrast between society and individual desires as the marquis dreams of returning to France. At the start of the novel, we find the marquis wandering the streets of London on a bleak Sunday in June 1793, lost in his melancholic thoughts of exile and nostalgia for France. The oppressive atmosphere of the city is underscored by his loneliness and financial struggles, as he reflects on missed opportunities and friendships. His encounter with a bouquet seller, a fellow French expatriate named Fanchette, ignites a flicker of hope and companionship amidst his despair. Their budding friendship becomes a vital source of solace, as they share dreams of returning to Paris, despite the continuous reminders of their precarious situation in a foreign land. The opening thus establishes a poignant setting that blends historical context with personal emotion, setting the stage for the characters' intertwined destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cFrance: Nelson, 1920
653 _aFrench fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67402
999 _c108224
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