Project Gutenberg 2006-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 98 Claretie, Jules 1840 1913 Claretie, Arsène-Arnaud Claretie, Arsène-Armand Claretie, Arsene-Arnaud Claretie, Jules Arsène Arnaud L'américaine Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "L'américaine" by Jules Claretie is a contemporary novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around social themes, particularly the institution of marriage and the concept of divorce, as viewed through the experiences of various characters, including the doctor Fargeas and the elegant Mrs. Sylvia Norton, an American woman. The narrative explores the interactions between French aristocrats and American characters, delving into their differing views on love, relationships, and societal norms. At the start of the novel, the setting is a beautiful summer day at Trouville, where the doctor Fargeas discusses the nature of illness and passions with his companions, the Marquis de Solis and the dandy Bernière. Their conversations reveal hints of personal histories and unspoken tensions, particularly surrounding the recently married Sylvia Norton, who is suffering from a malady tied to her emotional state following her father's death. As the group converses, they reflect on the concept of true passion, marriage, and divorce, setting the stage for a complex narrative that examines the characters' relationships against the backdrop of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 509223 2025-07-07T13:55:06.851766 text/html 583199 2006-03-28T15:06:34 text/html 438366 2025-07-07T13:55:14.959213 application/epub+zip 446755 2025-07-07T13:55:08.787250 application/epub+zip 260226 2025-07-07T13:55:07.599741 application/epub+zip 661171 2025-07-07T13:55:19.395175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643689 2025-07-07T13:55:14.209201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422579 2022-09-08T14:29:12.130142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481961 2025-07-07T13:55:05.282711 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 471220 2006-03-28T15:06:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19629 2025-07-07T13:55:19.524152 application/rdf+xml 12395 2025-07-07T13:55:08.092751 image/jpeg 3242 2025-07-07T13:55:07.844726 image/jpeg 176476 2006-03-28T15:06:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 375630 2006-03-28T15:06:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 433229 2025-07-07T13:55:06.896750 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 fr.wikipedia