Project Gutenberg 2008-11-07 Public domain in the USA. 188 Margueritte, Paul 1860 1918 Jours d'épreuve: Moeurs bourgeoises Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Jours d'épreuve: Moeurs bourgeoises" by Paul Margueritte is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around André, a young man navigating the complexities of love, solitude, and societal expectations in a bourgeois environment. The themes explored in the book touch on the pursuit of happiness, the burden of familial obligations, and the existential angst stemming from a life devoid of passion. The opening of the novel introduces André, who reflects on the hollowness of his experiences with love and the disappointments that accompany his existence as a mundane bureaucrat. Overwhelmed by the bleakness of his life, he grapples with the obligations he feels toward his mother and the conventional paths of marriage and companionship. He considers his relationships with two women, Germaine and Mariette, representing the contrasting desires for a traditional life and a more passionate, albeit precarious, affair. As he contemplates his future, his reflections lead him deeper into a conflict between societal expectations and his own yearning for authenticity. The quiet despair that colors his thoughts sets a somber tone for the narrative, highlighting his struggle against the oppressive routine of his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: French Literature 549488 2025-06-11T08:37:00.878690 text/html 549309 2025-01-11T11:35:09.838224 text/html 290821 2025-06-11T08:37:11.793647 application/epub+zip 300114 2025-06-11T08:37:04.783699 application/epub+zip 281562 2025-06-11T08:37:03.295655 application/epub+zip 574456 2025-06-11T08:37:17.182625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 531886 2025-06-11T08:37:10.822633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469230 2022-09-12T13:12:26.826227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486562 2025-06-11T08:37:00.286689 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 474146 2021-01-04T08:49:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 185175 2021-01-04T08:49:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18107 2025-06-11T08:37:17.345605 application/rdf+xml 17251 2025-06-11T08:37:03.891663 image/jpeg 3952 2025-06-11T08:37:03.610682 image/jpeg 287914 2025-06-11T08:37:00.928672 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