Project Gutenberg 2009-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 415 About, Edmond 1828 1885 About, Edmond François Valentin Abu, Edmond About, E. (Edmond) Avout, Edmondos Ampou, Edmondos About, Edmond Francois Valentin Orts-Ramos, Tomás 1866 1939 Orts-Ramos, Tomas Germaine. Spanish Germana Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Germana" by Edmond About is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to revolve around the struggles of the ducal family, particularly focusing on the titular character, Germana, who is battling severe illness amid the collapse of her family's fortunes. The narrative hints at themes of desperation, social class disparities, and the search for both hope and dignity within a context of financial ruin. The opening of the book sets the scene on January 1, 1853, in a grand hotel in Paris, where the servants are celebrating the distribution of their year-end bonuses, revealing a vibrant yet class-conscious atmosphere. Amid their joviality, a poor woman enters, shocking the servants into silence—it is the duchess, wife of the bankrupt Duke of La Tour de Embleuse, discarded by her once-privileged life. The anticipation of disaster looms over the family, particularly regarding the health of Germana, their daughter, who is gravely ill. The plot foreshadows complex interactions between social status, desperation, and the choices faced by each character as they navigate their fallen circumstances. In particular, conversations reflect on wealth, dignity, and the sacrifices that the characters must make, particularly Germana, who contemplates her role in a potential marriage to save her family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. es French fiction -- Translations into Spanish PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: French Literature 444317 2025-06-12T09:29:26.084263 text/html 437580 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 174456 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 239756 2025-06-12T09:29:33.977739 application/epub+zip 246389 2025-06-12T09:29:28.312270 application/epub+zip 238525 2025-06-12T09:29:26.956260 application/epub+zip 387533 2025-06-12T09:29:38.375674 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372951 2025-06-12T09:29:33.140744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351134 2022-09-13T16:23:17.414551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424438 2025-06-12T09:29:25.079273 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 414870 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162840 2021-01-05T10:41:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19844 2025-06-12T09:29:38.590725 application/rdf+xml 8096 2025-06-12T09:29:27.533256 image/jpeg 2236 2025-06-12T09:29:27.247280 image/jpeg 234232 2025-06-12T09:29:26.134252 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 ca.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia