Project Gutenberg 2012-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 139 Karr, Alphonse 1808 1890 Karr, Jean-Alphonse Midi à quatorze heures Histoire d'un voisin—Voyage dans Paris—Une visite à l'Arsenal—Un homme et une femme Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Midi à quatorze heures" by Alphonse Karr is a fictional narrative written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Roger, a once-successful writer who has retreated to a quiet life in Honfleur with his wife, Marthe. The novel explores themes of ennui, love, and emotional isolation as Roger finds himself increasingly disconnected from his wife and drawn into a correspondence with a mysterious woman referred to as "MMM." The opening of the work sets the scene in the charming town of Honfleur, providing vivid descriptions of the surroundings and introducing the protagonist, Roger. As the narrative unfolds, Roger is depicted as a man grappling with his past successes and current dissatisfaction with domestic life, feeling an emotional void that Marthe cannot fill. In his search for inspiration and connection, he begins to correspond with an unknown woman, whose words reignite feelings of passion and longing within him. The text cleverly juxtaposes Roger's external lifestyle—a quiet, uneventful life in a quaint cottage—with his internal struggles, creating a compelling narrative that hints at deeper emotional and romantic conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40707/40707-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr French literature -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Category: Novels Category: French Literature 343937 2025-07-16T12:50:26.058790 text/html 327174 2024-10-23T10:43:00 text/html 182556 2025-07-16T12:50:30.540772 application/epub+zip 187359 2025-07-16T12:50:26.739811 application/epub+zip 160988 2025-07-16T12:50:26.396793 application/epub+zip 301191 2025-07-16T12:50:33.613779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279884 2025-07-16T12:50:30.202811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253632 2022-09-18T15:57:43.725210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317271 2025-07-16T12:50:25.348785 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317286 2012-09-07T16:51:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17641 2025-07-16T12:50:33.747744 application/rdf+xml 23211 2025-07-16T12:50:26.468779 image/jpeg 3497 2025-07-16T12:50:26.432795 image/jpeg 175225 2025-07-16T12:50:26.091796 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