Project Gutenberg 2004-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 181 Lamartine, Alphonse de 1790 1869 Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de De Lamartine, Alphonse Lamartine de Prat, Alphonse-Marie-Louis de Starkweather, C. C. Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Produced by Ted Garvin, Keith M. Eckrich, and the PG Online Distributed Proofreaders Team "Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty" by Alphonse de Lamartine is a prose poem and a reflection written in the early 19th century. This work intertwines themes of romance, beauty, and melancholy through the character of Raphael, exploring his intense emotional experiences and his profound connection with a woman named Julie, alongside the devastating backdrop of illness and the fleeting nature of life and love. At the start of the narrative, we meet Raphael, a young man filled with artistic sensibility, who lives through deep emotional introspection and artistic yearnings. The initial passages introduce us to his life of isolation, framed by his memories and his innate appreciation for beauty. As Raphael becomes acquainted with Julie, a beautiful and fragile woman also grappling with illness, their hearts converge in a poignant yet tragic bond. Their relationship blossoms with mutual understanding and intense sentiment, navigating the complexities of love and existential despair. This opening portion sets the stage for a deeply reflective exploration of love's purity juxtaposed with life's impermanence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Platonic love -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: French Literature 398435 2025-10-06T03:35:05.203681 text/html 398441 398318 2024-11-06T05:52:48.489602 2023-10-06T07:32:47.076919 text/html text/html 237435 2025-10-06T03:35:12.299645 application/epub+zip 243326 2025-10-06T03:35:08.227668 application/epub+zip 218533 2025-10-06T03:35:07.102641 application/epub+zip 506587 2025-10-06T03:35:16.066596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445061 2025-10-06T03:35:11.606612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405202 2022-09-06T23:47:58.386777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376310 2025-10-06T03:35:04.884633 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 356424 2024-10-28T20:01:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17530 2025-10-06T03:35:16.520575 application/rdf+xml 19592 2025-10-06T03:35:07.599645 image/jpeg 4376 2025-10-06T03:35:07.354652 image/jpeg 233560 2025-10-06T03:35:05.235654 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en. wikipedia