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100 1 _aMérouvel, Charles,
_d1832-1920
245 1 0 _aAngèle Méraud
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-06-09
508 _aProduced by Clarity, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Angèle Méraud" by Charles Mérouvel is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set against the backdrop of rural France, focusing on the lives of its characters that include Maurice Chazolles, a wealthy landowner, and his family, as well as his close friend Valéry Duvernet, who is an aspiring politician. The narrative seems to explore themes of ambition, happiness in domestic life, and social critiques of both rural and urban settings. The opening of the novel introduces us to a small French town with its ordinary residents and a few key characters arriving by train. Maurice Chazolles is described as a charming and prosperous landowner who is eager to reunite with his friend Valéry Duvernet, a city man and a future politician. Their conversations hint at contrasting views on ambition and rural life. As they journey through the countryside to Chazolles’ home, called Val-Dieu, the setting is vividly painted as idyllic and prosperous, foreshadowing the familial and social dynamics that will unfold throughout the story. The depiction of their close-knit community also sets up a potential tension between the simplicity of rural existence and the allure of political ambitions and urban life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFrench fiction -- 19th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42896
999 _c83735
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