Project Gutenberg 2012-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 212 Kock, Paul de 1793 1871 Kock, Charles Paul de The Flower Girl of The Château d'Eau, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XV) Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Flower Girl of The Château d'Eau, v.1" by Paul de Kock is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Violette, a young flower girl with a charming background, who navigates her life in Paris. The narrative conveys themes of familial love, social class, and the pursuit of happiness amidst adversity. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the bustling flower market on Boulevard Saint-Martin in Paris. It is here that we meet the Glumeau family—Madame Glumeau and her children, Eolinde and Astianax—who are deliberating over which flowers to buy for the father's fête-day. The passage reveals insights into the dynamics of their family life, particularly through the humorous exchanges between the siblings and their mother. Simultaneously, we are introduced to Violette, the flower girl, whose beauty and grace draw attention as she serves a variety of customers, some of whom show interest in her beyond just the flowers she sells. Her background is gradually uncovered, indicating a poignant backstory of abandonment and resilience, laying the groundwork for her character's development in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41299/41299-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 481039 2025-07-16T15:34:45.896846 text/html 468660 2024-10-23T12:04:49 text/html 478474 2025-07-16T15:34:51.880818 application/epub+zip 484036 2025-07-16T15:34:46.679844 application/epub+zip 250382 2025-07-16T15:34:46.278842 application/epub+zip 644494 2025-07-16T15:34:55.855792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609573 2025-07-16T15:34:51.291838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375182 2022-09-18T20:03:55.594786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450042 2025-07-16T15:34:44.874888 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 449939 2012-11-05T15:30:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17053 2025-07-16T15:34:55.985786 application/rdf+xml 19770 2025-07-16T15:34:46.360860 image/jpeg 2427 2025-07-16T15:34:46.320839 image/jpeg 469211 2025-07-16T15:34:45.941867 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