Project Gutenberg 2006-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 247 Gaboriau, Emile 1832 1873 Gaboriau, Émile The Honor of the Name Produced by David Moynihan; Dagny; David Widger "The Honor of the Name" by Emile Gaboriau is a novel set during the early 19th century, specifically in the tumultuous post-Napoleonic period of France. The story opens in the small village of Sairmeuse, where villagers grapple with the return of the Bourbon monarchy and the potential loss of their newly acquired lands. The protagonist, M. Lacheneur, is a former ploughboy who has risen to prominence by buying the estate of the Duc de Sairmeuse amid the political upheaval, but his world is shaken by the duke's unexpected return. At the start of the novel, the village is abuzz with anxiety and trepidation as news spreads about the duke's impending arrival; whispers of his claim to the land threaten the peasants who had purchased it. M. Lacheneur, now a lord in his own right, finds himself tormented by the possibility of returning the estate he acquired with money that was entrusted to him by the late Mlle. Armande de Sairmeuse. Tension mounts as characters including Father Chupin, a notorious thief with a vendetta against Lacheneur, and the d'Escorval family, who represent the old nobility, are introduced. Themes of honor, social status, and the consequences of ambition permeate this intricately woven narrative, setting the stage for conflicts that will clash ideals and loyalties throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PQ Text Detective Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1156516 2025-07-02T09:23:37.799723 text/html 1167289 2025-02-20T11:53:22 text/html 438169 2025-07-02T09:23:51.153648 application/epub+zip 458957 2025-07-02T09:23:40.226729 application/epub+zip 458957 2025-07-02T09:23:38.794739 application/epub+zip 833907 2025-07-02T09:23:59.508662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 762123 2025-07-02T09:23:50.114694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 738561 2022-09-02T12:40:33.993090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 931470 2025-07-02T09:23:31.711828 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 911715 2025-02-20T11:53:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 915397 2015-05-02T10:26:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20795 2025-07-02T09:23:59.649614 application/rdf+xml 11554 2025-07-02T09:23:39.334707 image/jpeg 3199 2025-07-02T09:23:39.063737 image/jpeg 340079 2016-09-24T04:22:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 364584 2021-01-27T07:44:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 339953 2015-05-02T10:26:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 420220 2025-07-02T09:23:37.874769 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