Project Gutenberg 2006-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 102 About, Edmond 1828 1885 About, Edmond François Valentin Abu, Edmond About, E. (Edmond) Avout, Edmondos Ampou, Edmondos About, Edmond Francois Valentin Germaine Produced by Carlo Traverso, Renald Levesque 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)) "Germaine" by Edmond About is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the struggles of the La Tour d'Embleuse family, particularly focusing on Germaine, the daughter who is gravely ill and entwined in her parents' turbulent lives as they confront their financial decline and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the scene is set in the grand Hôtel de Sanglié in Paris where the baron provides a glimpse into the domestic life of the aristocracy and its servitude. We witness the interactions among the household staff as they speculate on their master's wealth. Contrasting this domestic bliss, the narrative shifts to the duchess, Germaine’s mother, who is described with poignant detail as she grapples with poverty and the welfare of her ill daughter. The text introduces a central conflict when the family’s aristocratic identity collides with pressing financial struggles, leading to a desperate conversation about the potential marriage of Germaine to a wealthy suitor, sharpening themes of love, sacrifice, and social class. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 473577 2025-07-07T14:01:18.862952 text/html 473398 2025-01-17T17:08:22.301167 text/html 240227 2025-07-07T14:01:25.339868 application/epub+zip 246690 2025-07-07T14:01:20.584938 application/epub+zip 246690 2025-07-07T14:01:19.512924 application/epub+zip 400963 2025-07-07T14:01:29.045898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375979 2025-07-07T14:01:24.591896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357232 2022-09-08T14:37:30.922148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435385 2025-07-07T14:01:18.492906 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 425908 2006-04-10T13:42:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18523 2025-07-07T14:01:29.166874 application/rdf+xml 8902 2025-07-07T14:01:19.992913 image/jpeg 2395 2025-07-07T14:01:19.751896 image/jpeg 164833 2006-04-10T13:42:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 234271 2025-07-07T14:01:18.902919 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 en.wikipedia