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100 1 _aBrulat, Paul,
_d1866-1940
245 1 0 _aEldorado
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-02
508 _aLaurent Vogel 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"Eldorado: roman" by Paul Brulat is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set aboard a luxurious ocean liner travelling from France to South America, the story explores the intersecting fates, dreams, and struggles of a diverse cast of passengers hailing from varied social backgrounds. Central figures include André Laurel, a young idealist fleeing mandatory military service and family expectations, the world-weary Armand Reboul, the enigmatic and fragile Myrrha, and the complex Mme Rolande. The overarching topics include inner conflict, social critique, exiled hopes, and the search for freedom, making the book intriguing for anyone drawn to tales of personal and societal upheaval set against the romance and uncertainty of ocean travel. The opening of the novel paints a vivid portrait of life aboard the transatlantic ship Eldorado, introducing a bustling, multi-national crowd divided sharply by class but temporarily united in the floating microcosm of the voyage. Through sharp dialogue and introspective narration, readers are quickly immersed in the tensions and backstories of characters like André Laurel, tormented by his sincere rebellion against social norms, and Armand Reboul, driven by a rekindled but impossible love. Scenes alternate between the luxurious first-class decks and the crowded lower quarters of hopeful émigrés, exploring themes of social disparity, lost illusions, and yearning for new beginnings. The opening establishes the emotional tone, central relationships, and ideological conflicts that promise to unfold as the journey and characters progress toward unknown destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: J. Ferenczi, 1921
653 _aFrench fiction -- 20th century
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112066393965
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75776
999 _c116501
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