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_aSand, George, _d1804-1876 |
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| 240 | 1 | 4 | _aLes dames vertes. English |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Naiad: A ghost story |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2022 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2022-11-07 | ||
| 508 | _aRichard Tonsing, Carlos Colon, the University of Minnesota and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Naiad: A Ghost Story" by George Sand is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds around a young lawyer named Nivières, who is dispatched to the château of Ionis to assist in a legal affair. As he arrives, he becomes embroiled in supernatural occurrences tied to the naiad—the spirit of three young ladies from the castle's past—highlighting themes of duty, fascination with the ethereal, and the contrast between reality and the supernatural. At the start of the story, Nivières brings with him a combination of youthful ambition and a longing for literary pursuits over his legal duties. He encounters Madame d'Ionis, a captivating woman trapped in social constraints, surrounded by family members consumed by an ongoing lawsuit. As he spends the night in the château, he learns more about the tragic history of the d'Ionis ladies, who seemingly haunt the place. A haunted dinner setup with three loaves of bread symbolizes a mysterious ritual to please these spirits. When he later perceives a living naiad in the moonlight, their dialogue reveals deep, philosophical ruminations on love, duty, and the essence of the afterlife, setting the stage for an exploration of emotional and ethical dilemmas in the face of supernatural lore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: William R. Jenkins, 1892 |
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| 653 | _aFrench fiction -- Translations into English | ||
| 700 | 1 | _aZérèga, Katherine Berry di | |
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