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100 1 _aArdel, Henri,
_d1863-1938
245 1 2 _aL'absence
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-30
508 _aLaurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520 _a"L'absence" by Henri Ardel is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows the long-distance engagement of the devoted colonial officer Pierre Chartrans and the captivating Parisian widow Jacqueline Nozales, testing love against absence, ambition, and the seductions of high society. Around them, Anne and Roger de Croissy provide a refined backdrop of marriage, flirtation, and quiet disillusion. The opening of the novel shows a wrenching farewell as Pierre leaves Jacqueline for a demanding Indochinese post meant to win the advancement that will make their marriage possible; at the station she promises constancy and letters. Weeks later, after a successful ball, Jacqueline luxuriates in Pierre’s ardent, detailed letters from ship and Ceylon but prefers the homage to the substance and answers only briefly. Through her candid talk with the perceptive Anne de Croissy, we learn she loves being adored, avoids deep passion, and views marriage as security, while Pierre presses inland and writes tenderly from a Chinese river. At the theater, amid Roger de Croissy’s attentions, an impromptu invitation to Venice suddenly tempts Jacqueline, signaling that absence will soon meet strong temptations at home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1906
653 _aFrench fiction -- 20th century
856 4 _uhttps://books.google.com/books?id=TJE3AQAAMAAJ
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77818
999 _c118538
_d118538