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