Project Gutenberg 2005-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 213 Assollant, Alfred 1827 1886 Assolant, Alfred Assollant, A. (Alfred) Hyacinthe Produced by Carlo Traverso, Pierre Lacaze 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) "Hyacinthe" by Alfred Assollant is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a marriage contract negotiation between two notable families in the fictional town of Creux-de-Pile, focusing on the beautiful Hyacinthe Forestier and her suitor, Michel Bernard. Here, themes of love, social class, familial duty, and the antics of comical legal agreements unfold, presenting a humorous take on the societal expectations of the time. The opening of "Hyacinthe" introduces us to the bustling conversation of two notaries, Maître Bouchardy and Maître Saumonet, as they prepare to finalize a marriage contract that is vitally important for their respective families. Through the eyes of Trapoiseau, Bouchardy's astute clerk, we learn about Hyacinthe, the charming daughter of a wealthy politician, and the complications surrounding her proposed marriage to the affluent Michel. The conversation touches on themes of wealth, familial expectations, and social hierarchies, setting up a humorous tone as each character navigates their interests and personal motivations in the face of impending nuptials. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Fiction PQ Text FR Jeunesse Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature 366965 2025-06-07T09:28:29.926440 text/html 362762 2020-12-12T14:56:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 133169 2020-12-12T14:56:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 204093 2025-06-07T09:28:38.149385 application/epub+zip 210482 2025-06-07T09:28:32.401425 application/epub+zip 210481 2025-06-07T09:28:30.850439 application/epub+zip 365626 2025-06-07T09:28:42.147367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356329 2025-06-07T09:28:37.228385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328970 2022-09-08T07:33:55.654416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342217 2025-06-07T09:28:28.749426 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334197 2020-12-12T14:56:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 127725 2020-12-12T14:56:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18916 2025-06-07T09:28:42.308362 application/rdf+xml 10879 2025-06-07T09:28:31.434421 image/jpeg 2978 2025-06-07T09:28:31.143407 image/jpeg 197345 2025-06-07T09:28:29.962444 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