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100	1		_aOuida, _d1839-1908
245	1	3	_aLe Selve
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aAlso published with the title: Muriella; or, Le Selve.
500			_aRelease date is 2025-10-13
508			_aTim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520			_a"Le Selve" by Ouida is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the vast Italian woodlands of Lazio, it follows Cyrille, a Russian exile turned estate steward, whose humane, orderly reforms clash with the ingrained brutality, poverty, and customs of the local squatters. At its heart stands Muriella, a strong, devout peasant who alone understands him, creating a stark, tense portrait of conscience, class, and survival amid a merciless rural world. The opening of the novel shows an old peasant dying neglected by his family, as Cyrille arrives too late, rebukes their callousness, and meets Muriella in the night, who warns him he is in danger. The narrative then paints the history and grandeur of Le Selve and reveals Cyrille’s past as a Tolstoyan noble and political exile seeking purpose in stewardship, while the locals resent his curbs on theft, poaching, and abuse of “customary rights.” We see Caterina, the shrewd housekeeper; the grim burial at San Vitale that Muriella quietly oversees to prevent a fraud; and a kitchen scene where the under-steward Fausto and two friars rail at the “northerner” until Muriella defends his justice. At the start of this story, Muriella rejects Fausto’s advances, makes a pilgrimage to Viterbo to pray for Cyrille’s return home, endures her uncles’ suspicion, and continues to warn Cyrille that the men of the woods may kill him, while he contemplates helping her escape a hard life he cannot easily change. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cLondon: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896
653			_aYoung women -- Fiction
653			_aItaly -- Fiction
653			_aCountry life -- Fiction
653			_aPeasants -- Fiction
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/leselveouida00ouiduoft/page/n9/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77040
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