Project Gutenberg 2003-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 France, Anatole 1844 1924 Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-François Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault, Anatole The Red Lily — Volume 01 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Lily_(novel) Translation of Le lys rouge. This etext was produced by David Widger "The Red Lily — Volume 01" by Anatole France is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story introduces us to Therese, a young woman grappling with her desires, social obligations, and the mundanity of her existence amidst the backdrop of Parisian society. Therese's character unfolds through her interactions with friends, family, and her husband, Count Martin-Belleme, as she navigates her yearning for deeper meaning in life and love. The opening of the novel presents a vivid depiction of Therese in her elegant surroundings, highlighting her introspective nature. As she prepares to receive visitors, her reflections reveal a discontent with her life of privilege that lacks passion and excitement. The conversations she engages in with various characters, including her friend the Princess Seniavine and the General Lariviere, illustrate the superficiality of social circles and the irony of love as she ponders her friend Miss Bell’s poetry and her own romantic life. This introduction sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the themes of love, the search for identity, and the constraints of societal expectations, inviting the reader into the complex world of its characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Italy -- Fiction France -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 196030 2025-07-02T09:10:04.724691 text/html 195851 2025-01-08T22:23:50.330743 text/html 142374 2025-07-02T09:10:09.539193 application/epub+zip 144773 2025-07-02T09:10:06.458675 application/epub+zip 144774 2025-07-02T09:10:05.295767 application/epub+zip 274089 2025-07-02T09:10:11.875158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256995 2025-07-02T09:10:08.920664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225426 2022-09-02T12:23:27.807405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174649 2025-07-02T09:10:04.308681 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169950 2021-01-09T02:37:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18762 2025-07-02T09:10:11.999138 application/rdf+xml 12513 2025-07-02T09:10:05.884720 image/jpeg 3641 2025-07-02T09:10:05.639685 image/jpeg 67642 2021-01-09T02:37:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 141723 2025-07-02T09:10:04.740708 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