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Book French Divorce Fiction from the Revolution to the First World War

Download or read book French Divorce Fiction from the Revolution to the First World War written by Nicholas White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the primary social changes ushered in by the French Revolution was the legalization of divorce in 1792. Diluted by the Civil Code and suppressed by the Restoration, divorce was only fully established in France by the Loi Naquet of 1884. French Divorce Fiction from the Revolution to the First World War tracks the part played by novels in this conflict between the secular rights of individual citizens and the sanctity of the traditional family. Inspired by the sociologists Zygmunt Bauman and Anthony Giddens, White's account culminates in the first sustained analysis of the role of divorce in the refashioning of life narratives during the early decades of the Third Republic. As such, it redefines the relationships between canonical authors such as Maupassant and Colette, rediscovered women novelists like Marcelle Tinayre and Camille Pert, and long-neglected patriarchs such as Paul Bourget and Anatole France. Nicholas White teaches French in the University of Cambridge where he is a Fellow of Emmanuel College."

Book The Terror

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  • Author : Félix Gras
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1898
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 536 pages

Download or read book The Terror written by Félix Gras and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Marriage Under the Terror  Historical Novel

Download or read book A Marriage Under the Terror Historical Novel written by Patricia Wentworth and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aline de Rochambeau's move to Paris is doomed since the day she lefther convent to marry her fiancé VicomteSelincourt, a man of dubious nature. France is getting restless and violent under the penumbra of the forthcoming Revolution, and Aline's aristocratic background makes her a huge suspect. Luckily Jacques Dangeau, a young Republican, takes a fancy to her and marries her to save her from the threat of an imminent arrest. But can the two poles ever meet? Will Aline be able to reciprocate Jacques' love? Will Jacques be able to accept Aline as she is? Excerpt: It was high noon on a mid-August morning of the year 1792, but Jeanne, the waiting-maid, had only just set the coffee down on the small table within the ruelle of Mme de Montargis' magnificent bed. Great ladies did not trouble themselves to rise too early in those days, and a beauty who has been a beauty for twenty years was not more anxious then than now to face the unflattering freshness of the morning air. Laure de Montargis stirred in the shadow of her brocaded curtains, put out a white hand for the cup, sipped from it, murmured that the coffee was cold, and pushed it from her with a fretful exclamation that made Jeanne frown as she drew the tan-coloured curtains and let in the mid-day glare….

Book The Chevalier de Boufflers

Download or read book The Chevalier de Boufflers written by Nesta Helen Webster and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this gripping novel follows the life of the Chevalier de Boufflers as he navigates the dangerous waters of love and politics in 18th century France.

Book The Terror

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  • Author : Félix Gras
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 512 pages

Download or read book The Terror written by Félix Gras and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Chevalier de Boufflers  a Romance of the French Revolution

Download or read book The Chevalier de Boufflers a Romance of the French Revolution written by Nesta Helen Webster and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this gripping novel follows the life of the Chevalier de Boufflers as he navigates the dangerous waters of love and politics in 18th century France. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book A Marriage Under the Terror

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  • Author : Patricia Wentworth
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-12-30
  • ISBN : 9788027340040
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book A Marriage Under the Terror written by Patricia Wentworth and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aline de Rochambeau's move to Paris is doomed since the day she lefther convent to marry her fiancé VicomteSelincourt, a man of dubious nature. France is getting restless and violent under the penumbra of the forthcoming Revolution, and Aline's aristocratic background makes her a huge suspect. Luckily Jacques Dangeau, a young Republican, takes a fancy to her and marries her to save her from the threat of an imminent arrest. But can the two poles ever meet? Will Aline be able to reciprocate Jacques' love? Will Jacques be able to accept Aline as she is? Excerpt: It was high noon on a mid-August morning of the year 1792, but Jeanne, the waiting-maid, had only just set the coffee down on the small table within the ruelle of Mme de Montargis' magnificent bed. Great ladies did not trouble themselves to rise too early in those days, and a beauty who has been a beauty for twenty years was not more anxious then than now to face the unflattering freshness of the morning air. Laure de Montargis stirred in the shadow of her brocaded curtains, put out a white hand for the cup, sipped from it, murmured that the coffee was cold, and pushed it from her with a fretful exclamation that made Jeanne frown as she drew the tan-coloured curtains and let in the mid-day glare....

Book ROBERT TOURNAY A ROMANCE OF TH

Download or read book ROBERT TOURNAY A ROMANCE OF TH written by William 1864- Sage and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Robert Tournay

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  • Author : William Sage
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-09-17
  • ISBN : 9781528573061
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book Robert Tournay written by William Sage and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Robert Tournay: A Romance of the French Revolution A smile played about the cold thin lips of the marquis; he carelessly thrust the missive into his pocket, as one disposes of a bill he does not intend to pay, and lifting his eyes, allowed his gaze to wander through the open window toward the fig ure of a young girl who stood outside upon the terrace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Mademoiselle Celeste

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  • Author : Adele Ferguson Knight
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-12-26
  • ISBN : 9780484841979
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Mademoiselle Celeste written by Adele Ferguson Knight and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mademoiselle Celeste: A Romance of the French Revolution IT was growing dusk on that last day of March. 1794. With gusts of wind that swooped around corners to clutch at the skirts of those returning from the mockery of jus tice in the Place de la Concorde. The sun was going down behind a mass of gray smother, as if it sought to hide its face from the things it had seen that day. But the groups gathering in the Rue Poulet saw noth ing of the sun or its departure, so intent were they upon living over again, conversationally, the awful tragedy of the past hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Robert Tournay

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  • Author : William Sage
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2015-12-08
  • ISBN : 9781347889343
  • Pages : 414 pages

Download or read book Robert Tournay written by William Sage and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Scaramouche

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  • Author : Rafael Sabatini
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book Scaramouche written by Rafael Sabatini and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Chevalier de Boufflers

Download or read book The Chevalier de Boufflers written by Nesta H. Webster and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Citoyenne Jacqueline

Download or read book Citoyenne Jacqueline written by Sarah Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Irish Divorce   Joyce s Ulysses

Download or read book Irish Divorce Joyce s Ulysses written by Peter Kuch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing, ground-breaking book challenges the long-held conviction that prior to the second divorce referendum of 1995 Irish people could not obtain a divorce that gave them the right to remarry. Joyce knew otherwise, as Peter Kuch reveals—obtaining a decree absolute in Edwardian Ireland, rather than separation from bed and board, was possible. Bloom’s “Divorce, not now” and Molly’s “suppose I divorced him”—whether whim, wish, fantasy, or conviction—reflects an Irish practice of petitioning the English court, a ruse that, even though it was known to lawyers, judges, and politicians at the time, has long been forgotten. By drawing attention to divorce as one response to adultery, Joyce created a domestic and legal space in which to interrogate the sometimes rival and sometimes collusive Imperial and Ecclesiastical hegemonies that sought to control the Irish mind. This compelling, original book provides a refreshingly new frame for enjoying Ulysses even as it prompts the general reader to think about relationships and about the politics of concealment that operate in forging national identity

Book France

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  • Author : Jonathan Fenby
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2016-11-08
  • ISBN : 1250096855
  • Pages : 594 pages

Download or read book France written by Jonathan Fenby and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Critically acclaimed historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby provides an expert and riveting journey through this period as he recounts and analyzes the extraordinary sequence of events of this period from the end of the First Revolution through two others, a return of Empire, three catastrophic wars with Germany, periods of stability and hope interspersed with years of uncertainty and high tensions. As her cross-channel neighbor Great Britain would equally suffer, France was to undergo the wrenching loss of colonies in the post-Second World War era as the new modern world we know today took shape. Her attempts to become the leader of the European union was a constant struggle, as was her lack of support for America in the two Gulf Wars of the past twenty years. Alongside this came huge social changes and cultural landmarks, but also fundamental questioning of what this nation, which considers itself exceptional, really stood—and stands—for. That saga and those questions permeate the France of today, now with an implacable enemy to face in the form of Islamic extremism which so bloodily announced itself this year in Paris. Fenby will detail every event, every struggle, and every outcome across this expanse of 200 years. It will prove to be the definitive guide to understanding France.

Book The History of Modern France

Download or read book The History of Modern France written by Jonathan Fenby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby provides an expert and riveting journey through this period as he recounts and analyses the extraordinary sequence of events of this period from the end of the First Revolution through two others, a return of Empire, three catastrophic wars with Germany, periods of stability and hope interspersed with years of uncertainty and high tensions. As her cross-Channel neighbour Great Britain would equally suffer, France was to undergo the wrenching loss of colonies in the post-Second World War as the new modern world we know today took shape. Her attempts to become the leader of the European union is a constant struggle, as was her lack of support for America in the two Gulf Wars of the past twenty years. Alongside this came huge social changes and cultural landmarks but also fundamental questioning of what this nation, which considers itself exceptional, really stood - and stands - for. That saga and those questions permeate the France of today, now with an implacable enemy to face in the form of Islamic extremism which so bloodily announced itself this year in Paris. Fenby will detail every event, every struggle and every outcome across this expanse of 200 years. It will prove to be the definitive guide to understanding France.