Project Gutenberg 2012-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 199 Saintine, X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) 1798 1865 Boniface, Joseph-Xavier Saintine, X. B. Saintine, Joseph-Xavier Boniface Xavier, M. Saintine, X.-B. de (Xavier-Boniface de) Saintine, Xavier Boniface de Jacob, P. L. 1806 1884 Lacroix, Paul Jacob, Paul L. Dufour, Pierre Jacob, Bibliophile Jacob, Paul Lacroix Picciola Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picciola Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picciola Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Picciola" by X.-B. Saintine is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Count Charles Véramont de Charney, who finds himself imprisoned in the fort of Fénestrelle after being accused of conspiracy against the government. The book explores themes of isolation, despair, and the human spirit's search for meaning and connection, particularly through the lens of Charney's relationship with the natural world. The opening of "Picciola" introduces us to Count Charney, a learned and introspective man who grapples with the futility of his previous pursuits in philosophy and politics. Now confined to a sparse cell, he faces the solitude of captivity and the weight of his own thoughts, which reflect his disillusionment with material pleasure and his former intellectual aspirations. As he contemplates his situation, Charney is portrayed as a man caught in an existential struggle, reflecting on both the despair of his current state and the fleeting joys of his past. In this critical moment of reflection, the fate of a flower, Picciola, emerges as a potential source of hope and beauty in his bleak existence, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of his character and the significance of this simple yet profound relationship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Prisoners -- Fiction PQ Text FR Droit et Justice FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: French Literature 449643 2025-06-16T03:54:54.329204 text/html 437859 2012-03-08T14:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 170049 2012-03-08T14:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233621 2025-06-16T03:55:01.406224 application/epub+zip 238435 2025-06-16T03:54:56.322179 application/epub+zip 238435 2025-06-16T03:54:55.079186 application/epub+zip 392180 2025-06-16T03:55:05.452126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372630 2025-06-16T03:55:00.646234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354747 2022-09-17T18:27:35.225413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430543 2025-06-16T03:54:53.378203 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 420139 2012-03-08T14:42:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 165783 2012-03-08T14:42:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20965 2025-06-16T03:55:05.598125 application/rdf+xml 8507 2025-06-16T03:54:55.627178 image/jpeg 2451 2025-06-16T03:54:55.352185 image/jpeg 227109 2025-06-16T03:54:54.372216 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia