Project Gutenberg 2011-07-29 Public domain in the USA. 290 Gaboriau, Emile 1832 1873 Gaboriau, Émile Les esclaves de Paris Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les esclaves de Paris" by Émile Gaboriau is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds against the backdrop of Paris, exploring themes of poverty and social struggle through the lives of its characters. The main characters introduced are Rose Pigoreau, a young woman living in destitution, and Paul Violaine, a man grappling with despair and their shared hardships. The opening of the novel portrays a bitterly cold day in Paris as the young couple, Rose and Paul, navigate their grim reality in a decrepit boarding house called the Hôtel du Pérou. Rose, who is struggling with the burdens of poverty, plays with a deck of cards, seeking solace in their predictions about the future, while Paul expresses his despair over their situation. Their conversation reveals their dire financial straits, with the looming threat of eviction by their landlord. Just as they ponder their bleak future, they receive an unexpected visit from the enigmatic Père Tantaine, who offers to help in their time of need, but his intentions remain cloaked in mystery as he proposes a loan that sets off a chain of events shaping their fates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Detective and mystery stories Paris (France) -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1977636 2025-08-15T05:42:22.298954 text/html 1977524 2011-07-29T16:32:08 text/html 14751897 2025-08-15T05:42:54.947811 application/epub+zip 14747875 2025-08-15T05:42:27.375952 application/epub+zip 838138 2025-08-15T05:42:24.508971 application/epub+zip 15338858 2025-08-15T05:43:14.932705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 15242406 2025-08-15T05:42:49.876851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1409730 2022-09-17T03:58:36.928938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1838934 2025-08-15T05:42:05.178556 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1838845 2011-07-29T16:32:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1794547 2011-07-29T16:32:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20862 2025-08-15T05:43:15.208694 application/rdf+xml 13670 2025-08-15T05:42:25.120945 image/jpeg 3315 2025-08-15T05:42:24.812954 image/jpeg 689061 2011-07-29T16:34:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 682120 2011-07-29T16:34:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 14405739 2011-07-29T16:34:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 14471319 2025-08-15T05:42:22.995996 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