Project Gutenberg 2006-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 240 Erckmann-Chatrian L'ami Fritz Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ami_Fritz Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com "L'ami Fritz" by Erckmann-Chatrian is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around Fritz Kobus, a jovial and carefree bachelor living in Hunebourg, who enjoys a life of simplicity and leisure, favoring good food, drink, and the company of friends over any serious commitments, particularly marriage. Throughout the narrative, themes of friendship, the joys of life, and societal expectations of marriage are explored. At the start of the novel, we meet Fritz Kobus as he mourns the death of his father, but quickly shifts to contemplating his own contented life. He takes pleasure in his daily routine, surrounded by friends and indulging in hearty meals and laughter. Despite numerous marriage proposals and the persistent matchmaking efforts of his friend, the old rabbi David Sichel, Fritz adamantly maintains his bachelor status, valuing his freedom above all. The opening chapters set a tone of warmth and humor, capturing Fritz's philosophy towards life while hinting at the pressures he faces from society and family to conform to conventional expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Text Opera FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: French Literature 427604 2025-06-08T04:12:18.709775 text/html 481397 2006-05-07T17:17:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 159774 2006-05-07T17:17:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218610 2025-06-08T04:12:26.878681 application/epub+zip 225206 2025-06-08T04:12:20.872724 application/epub+zip 225205 2025-06-08T04:12:19.536691 application/epub+zip 423504 2025-06-08T04:12:31.199725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401546 2025-06-08T04:12:26.069729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367728 2022-09-08T15:59:53.885768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404818 2025-06-08T04:12:17.515701 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 395733 2006-05-07T17:17:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 149670 2006-05-07T17:17:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18753 2025-06-08T04:12:31.351647 application/rdf+xml 12257 2025-06-08T04:12:20.117690 image/jpeg 3345 2025-06-08T04:12:19.822694 image/jpeg 214733 2025-06-08T04:12:18.756722 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