Project Gutenberg 2008-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 217 Bourget, Paul 1852 1935 Bourget, Paul Charles Joseph Bourget, Charles Joseph Paul L'eau profonde; Les pas dans les pas Produced by Claudine Corbasson, Laurent Vogel 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) "L'eau profonde; Les pas dans les pas" by Paul Bourget is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around the complex emotional landscape of its characters, particularly focusing on Jeanne de La Node, a woman entangled in both her resentments and desires as she navigates relationships with her cousin Valentine and Valentine's husband, Norbert de Chaligny. Themes of jealousy, societal expectations, and the consequences of personal choices are likely to be explored throughout the narrative. The opening of the novel introduces us to the protagonist, Jeanne de La Node, as she witnesses an unexpected encounter in a grand Parisian department store with her cousin, Valentine de Chaligny. This chance meeting stirs up deep-seated feelings of envy and suspicion in Jeanne, prompting her to follow Valentine discreetly. As Jeanne grapples with her complex emotions—her own infidelity with Norbert juxtaposed with her cousin's perceived purity—we are given a glimpse into the intense psychological struggles that will unfold. The beginning sets the stage for a rich exploration of the intertwined lives of these characters, as their secrets and desires are slowly revealed within the opulent yet suffocating social fabric of Paris. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr French fiction PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: French Literature 584757 2025-06-11T07:23:04.332923 text/html 571665 2008-10-12T12:13:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 216763 2008-10-12T12:13:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313749 2025-06-11T07:23:15.304825 application/epub+zip 322026 2025-06-11T07:23:08.347893 application/epub+zip 301226 2025-06-11T07:23:06.779903 application/epub+zip 563726 2025-06-11T07:23:20.554817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518504 2025-06-11T07:23:14.160838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489114 2022-09-12T11:48:04.557802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544058 2025-06-11T07:23:03.238878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 528125 2008-10-12T12:13:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 205104 2008-10-12T12:13:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19083 2025-06-11T07:23:20.705802 application/rdf+xml 14764 2025-06-11T07:23:07.353886 image/jpeg 3470 2025-06-11T07:23:07.070886 image/jpeg 296157 2025-06-11T07:23:04.387895 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