Project Gutenberg 2005-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 163 Assollant, Alfred 1827 1886 Assolant, Alfred Assollant, A. (Alfred) Claude et Juliette Produced by Carlo Traverso, 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) "Claude et Juliette" by Alfred Assollant is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story is set in Paris and revolves around themes of beauty and love, exploring the contrasts between inner worth and outward appearance through the lives of a grotesquely unattractive painter and a charming young woman. The narrative follows Claude, a talented yet profoundly disfigured painter, who struggles with feelings of inadequacy and despair due to his appearance. His life takes a turn when he intervenes to protect Juliette, a beautiful young girl, from an unwanted suitor. Their chance encounter blossoms into an affectionate bond, as Claude becomes enamored with her innocence and charm. Despite moments of joy and artistic inspiration, Claude grapples with his self-loathing and jealousy, particularly as he perceives Juliette’s growing affection for his more attractive friend, Buridan. Ultimately, Claude's tragic realization of unrequited love leads him down a path of despair, raising poignant questions about beauty, love, and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Fiction PQ Text FR Jeunesse Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: French Literature 80753 2025-06-07T09:53:46.975396 text/html 75585 2020-12-12T17:54:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 29704 2020-12-12T17:54:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 96133 2025-06-07T09:53:51.387379 application/epub+zip 96340 2025-06-07T09:53:48.775399 application/epub+zip 96339 2025-06-07T09:53:47.618407 application/epub+zip 199053 2025-06-07T09:53:53.323391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191371 2025-06-07T09:53:50.725425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166240 2022-09-08T08:02:59.503461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72157 2025-06-07T09:53:46.483920 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70842 2020-12-12T17:54:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28237 2020-12-12T17:54:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18847 2025-06-07T09:53:53.459370 application/rdf+xml 12481 2025-06-07T09:53:48.173410 image/jpeg 3289 2025-06-07T09:53:47.897392 image/jpeg 94576 2025-06-07T09:53:46.988387 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