Project Gutenberg 2007-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 150 Lemaître, Jules 1853 1914 Lemaitre, Jules Lemaître, François Elie Jules Lemaitre, Francois Elie Jules Les Contemporains, 7ème Série Études et Portraits Littéraires Marceline Desbordes-Valmore -- L'amour selon Michelet -- Victor Duruy -- J.K. Huysmans -- Henri Lavedan -- Emile Faguet -- Paul Deschanel -- Maurice Donnay -- Réponse à M. Dubout -- Deux tragédies chrétiennes -- Les deux Tartuffe. Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers 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) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les Contemporains, 7ème Série" by Jules Lemaître is a collection of literary studies and portraits written in the late 19th century. The text focuses on several notable literary figures, including Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and aims to explore their lives, works, and the historical context in which they created. Through detailed narratives, Lemaître delves into the personal struggles and contributions of these writers, providing insights into their significance in the literary landscape. At the start of this volume, Lemaître introduces the life of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, a passionate and sensitive comedienne, discussing her early hardships, romantic failures, and tumultuous marriage to the actor Valmore. The author portrays Marceline as a complex character who has endured significant emotional pain, including betrayal and loss, which deeply influenced her poetry. Lemaître uses excerpts from her intimate correspondence to illustrate the emotional depth of her experiences, highlighting themes of love, suffering, and resilience in her life and work. The opening establishes a foundation for the exploration of Desbordes-Valmore's literary contributions against the backdrop of her personal narrative, setting the tone for an empathetic examination of her artistry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Authors, French PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: French Literature 584306 2025-07-10T03:56:02.806382 text/html 571098 2007-11-16T10:19:58 text/html 307025 2025-07-10T03:56:12.599359 application/epub+zip 312069 2025-07-10T03:56:06.301403 application/epub+zip 300737 2025-07-10T03:56:04.859369 application/epub+zip 567161 2025-07-10T03:56:17.349357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516391 2025-07-10T03:56:11.498343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490784 2022-09-11T05:52:04.829048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529040 2025-07-10T03:56:01.686416 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 514023 2007-11-16T10:19:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20677 2025-07-10T03:56:17.483315 application/rdf+xml 14863 2025-07-10T03:56:05.363382 image/jpeg 3742 2025-07-10T03:56:05.111381 image/jpeg 204184 2007-11-16T10:20:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 215500 2007-11-16T10:20:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 291554 2025-07-10T03:56:02.852419 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