Project Gutenberg 2010-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 266 Heavysege, Charles 1816 1876 The Advocate: A Novel Produced by Gardner Buchanan with corrections by Bowerbird "The Advocate: A Novel" by Charles Heavysege is a fiction work written in the mid-19th century. The story opens in Montreal circa 1800 and centers around a skilled and eccentric lawyer—an advocate—whose tumultuous relationship with a woman named Mona Macdonald reveals themes of love, temptation, and societal expectations. The complex emotional landscape is enriched by the advocate's illegitimate son, Narcisse, adding layers of familial tension and moral conflict to the narrative. At the start of the novel, we meet the advocate as he has a fervent discussion with Mona about the institution of marriage, wherein he expresses disdain for the constraints it imposes. Their conversation is laced with humor and melancholy, revealing Mona's vulnerability and the advocate's desire for independence. As the narrative unfolds, we learn of the advocate's past, his rise in legal prowess, and the underlying complications tied to Mona and her daughter, Amanda, who harbors her own romantic aspirations towards Claude Montigny, a well-to-do gentleman. The opening sets a stage rife with emotional and social turmoil, promising an exploration of love's intricacies interwoven with legal and personal dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Canada -- Fiction Montréal (Québec) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 228017 2025-06-13T03:33:27.650905 text/html 227906 2021-01-06T03:49:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6195618 2021-01-06T03:49:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6183229 2025-06-13T03:33:36.273893 application/epub+zip 6182353 2025-06-13T03:33:31.074891 application/epub+zip 162321 2025-06-13T03:33:29.511887 application/epub+zip 5934774 2025-06-13T03:33:40.186844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5916213 2025-06-13T03:33:34.766923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234548 2022-09-14T10:48:34.324303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209414 2025-06-13T03:33:27.072942 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209291 2021-01-06T03:49:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 84442 2021-01-06T03:49:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 209282 2021-01-06T03:49:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84408 2021-01-06T03:49:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20650 2025-06-13T03:33:40.336844 application/rdf+xml 13359 2025-06-13T03:33:30.060958 image/jpeg 3340 2025-06-13T03:33:29.787894 image/jpeg 6601026 2025-06-13T03:33:27.773915 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