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100 1 _aDaudet, Ernest,
_d1837-1921
245 1 3 _aLa Carmélite
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
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-19
508 _aLaurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
520 _aLa Carmélite by Ernest Daudet is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set around the Carmelite convent at Beaucaire, it follows the devout Nicolette Suarez, poised to take the veil, who sacrifices her vocation to shield her sister Irène after a clandestine love affair erupts, drawing in the hussar Frédéric de Varimpré, the jealous husband Jacques Malivert, and the compassionate Abbé Cardenne in a drama of faith, family duty, and desire. The opening of the novel paints the convent’s stark serenity before tracing Nicolette’s fervent decision to enter the Carmel, affirmed by the prioress and sealed in prayer. At home, the contrast with her sister Irène’s gilded yet loveless marriage sharpens, until a midnight crisis explodes: Malivert surprises Irène with Frédéric, shots are fired, and Irène drags the officer into Nicolette’s room, begging her to claim him. To save her sister, Nicolette declares the man her suitor and bears the scandal. Shaken, she seeks counsel from Abbé Cardenne, who urges her to complete the sacrifice by marrying. Frédéric’s family formally proposes; in guarded garden conversations, Nicolette sets strict terms—respect for her vow until the Church releases it, freedom for rigorous piety, and his moral amendment—while Irène masks her remorse. After a final retreat among the Carmelites, the section closes with wedding bells poised to ring. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Plon, 1883
653 _aFrench fiction -- 19th century
856 4 _uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6572079b
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77272
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