Project Gutenberg 2006-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 231 Gaboriau, Emile 1832 1873 Gaboriau, Émile Secret des Champdoce. English The Champdoce Mystery Sequel to: Caught in the Net, #2451. Produced by Dagny; Emma Dudding; John Bickers; David Widger "The Champdoce Mystery" by Emile Gaboriau is a novel written in the late 19th century and serves as a sequel to "Caught in the Net." The story revolves around the complex life of Louis Norbert de Champdoce, the son of the eccentric and miserly Duke de Champdoce. As Norbert struggles with the oppressive nature of his father's ambitions and their impact on his own desires, he becomes embroiled in a world of love, societal expectations, and class dynamics. The opening of the novel introduces the reader to the setting and characters, beginning with a journey from Poitiers to the Duke's estate. We meet the Duke, a character with a troubled past who believes that living like a peasant will restore his family's former glory. His approach to raising Norbert has led to an upbringing steeped in labor and duty, leaving the young man naive to the outside world. The narrative builds as Norbert visits Poitiers for the first time, where his encounter with old friends and new faces catalyzes a shift in his worldview, especially upon meeting Diana de Laurebourg. This initial meeting sparks a love that complicates their fates against the backdrop of their families' socioeconomic standings and the Duke's controlling ambitions, setting the stage for the drama that will unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PQ Text Detective Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: French Literature 701771 2025-07-02T04:05:29.998259 text/html 734534 2021-02-26T00:48:28 text/html 314139 2025-07-02T04:05:39.392132 application/epub+zip 326547 2025-07-02T04:05:32.804198 application/epub+zip 315251 2025-07-02T04:05:31.541174 application/epub+zip 570513 2025-07-02T04:05:44.659077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528517 2025-07-02T04:05:38.547110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503693 2022-09-02T05:44:02.767070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598521 2025-07-02T04:05:28.436246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 598479 2016-09-23T16:31:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 587156 2016-05-20T11:03:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 587147 2016-05-20T11:03:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22941 2025-07-02T04:05:44.793100 application/rdf+xml 12741 2025-07-02T04:05:32.057167 image/jpeg 3321 2025-07-02T04:05:31.796136 image/jpeg 222615 2016-09-23T16:34:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 221249 2016-05-20T11:04:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 235079 2021-02-26T00:48:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 221218 2016-05-20T11:04:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 301628 2025-07-02T04:05:30.047242 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