Project Gutenberg 2005-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 162 Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter von 1835 1895 Sacher-Masoch, Ritter von (Leopold) Sacher-Masosch, Leopold, Ritter von Von Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von Le legs de Caïn Un Testament — Basile Hymen — Le Paradis sur le Dniester Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Cain Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Le legs de Caïn" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book revolves around the intriguing figure of Warwara Gondola, the daughter of a Polish bureaucrat, as she navigates societal expectations, power dynamics, and her aspirations for a higher social standing amidst turbulent historical events. The novel appears to explore themes of ambition, morality, and the lengths to which one might go to secure a better future. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the life of M. Gondola, a long-serving official in western Galicia, who is both respected and contemptuously handled by the local gentry due to his position. His daughter, Warwara, is portrayed as a keen observer of the world around her, seeking a marriage that would elevate her social status. The opening portion showcases Gondola's dubious dealings with the local nobility and sets up the backdrop of social unrest during the Polish uprisings of 1846. Married to ambitions of power and wealth, Warwara finds herself devising strategies to manipulate those around her, including her eventual suitor, while maintaining a façade of virtue. As the narrative unfolds, it hints at her calculated pursuit of status and influence against the backdrop of a changing social landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Austrian fiction -- Translations into French PT Text FR Littérature Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: German Literature 528176 2025-08-07T06:59:27.354914 text/html 512910 2020-12-12T07:42:57 text/html 277021 2025-08-07T06:59:35.799929 application/epub+zip 287497 2025-08-07T06:59:30.101901 application/epub+zip 276775 2025-08-07T06:59:28.858927 application/epub+zip 473795 2025-08-07T06:59:39.985867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457120 2025-08-07T06:59:35.043910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456737 2022-09-08T05:17:46.065084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495699 2025-08-07T06:59:26.073961 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 483903 2020-12-12T07:42:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19937 2025-08-07T06:59:40.126849 application/rdf+xml 10149 2025-08-07T06:59:29.360895 image/jpeg 2687 2025-08-07T06:59:29.109911 image/jpeg 190364 2020-12-12T07:42:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 196630 2020-12-12T07:42:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 269850 2025-08-07T06:59:27.398898 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 en.wikipedia de.wikipedia fr.wikipedia