Project Gutenberg 2009-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 117 Goncourt, Edmond de 1822 1896 Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de De Goncourt, Edmond 12020085 La fille Elisa 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) "La fille Élisa" by Edmond de Goncourt is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the character Élisa, a young woman whose tumultuous life unfolds against the backdrop of societal struggles and the darkness of prostitution. Through Élisa's experiences, the narrative delves deep into the hardships faced by women of her time, shedding light on themes of morality, sacrifice, and the complexities of human relationships. The opening of the novel presents a stark and haunting atmosphere within a courtroom where Élisa faces the terrifying possibility of a death sentence. The scene is charged with tension as onlookers are drawn into the emotional turmoil surrounding her trial. Through poignant descriptions, we learn of Élisa's tragic past, raised by a mother who is a midwife, and how her childhood experiences shape her into a young woman marked by the harsh realities of love and survival. The narrative sets the stage for a profound exploration of her life choices and the social conditions that constrain and define her existence, hinting at the depth of character and societal critique that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Prisoners -- Fiction Prostitutes -- France -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 278958 2025-07-12T11:23:03.316866 text/html 279022 278757 2024-10-13T05:01:59.298189 2023-09-13T09:50:03.476359 text/html text/html 164752 2025-07-12T11:23:08.354830 application/epub+zip 167079 2025-07-12T11:23:04.922832 application/epub+zip 167079 2025-07-12T11:23:03.894857 application/epub+zip 325615 2025-07-12T11:23:11.429829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282260 2025-07-12T11:23:07.751848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251279 2022-09-14T05:41:32.548265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255242 2025-07-12T11:23:03.027861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 235407 2024-10-24T20:28:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18431 2025-07-12T11:23:11.563799 application/rdf+xml 10956 2025-07-12T11:23:04.378843 image/jpeg 3203 2025-07-12T11:23:04.135831 image/jpeg 159952 2025-07-12T11:23:03.340838 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