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100 1 _aTaylor, Mary Imlay,
_d1878-1938
245 1 4 _aThe cobbler of Nîmes
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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500 _aRelease date is 2022-10-19
508 _aD A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries)
520 _a"The Cobbler of Nîmes" by M. Imlay Taylor is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set in the early 18th century, the story revolves around the lives of Huguenots struggling for their rights amidst persecution in France. The narrative introduces the hunchbacked cobbler Charlot, who is sympathetic to the plight of the Huguenots, and a young man named François d’Aguesseau, who is trying to navigate his own dangers after the execution of his sister. At the start of the novel, the scene is set in a lively market in Nîmes during a fair, where a showman is exhibiting the body of a damned Huguenot woman. Amidst the chaos, Charlot, the cobbler, observes the crowd and its reactions, and eventually encounters François, who is distraught over the death of his sister. Recognizing the danger François faces, Charlot offers him shelter in his shop. The opening chapters encapsulate the stark realities of life for Huguenots in this period while also introducing key themes of kindness, danger, and the moral dilemmas faced by those caught between loyalties and fears. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: A. C. McClurg & Company, 1900
653 _aFrance -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 -- Fiction
653 _aShoemakers -- Fiction
653 _aHuguenots -- Persecutions -- France -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/cobblerofnimes00tayliala/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69180
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