Project Gutenberg 2015-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 120 Bourget, Paul 1852 1935 Bourget, Paul Charles Joseph Bourget, Charles Joseph Paul Colliander, Gertrud 1860 1942 La terre promise. Finnish Luvattu maa Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Luvattu maa" by Paul Bourget is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around the lives of Countess Louise Scilly and her daughter Henriette, highlighting themes of love, motherhood, and societal expectations in a beautifully depicted Sicilian setting. Henriette is engaged to Francis Nayrac, whose complex past and emotional turmoil will ultimately play a pivotal role in their relationship. The beginning of the novel introduces the serene atmosphere of Villa Tasca in Sicily, where Countess Scilly has just begun to recover from an illness. As her daughter Henriette and her fiancé Francis stroll through the sun-drenched garden, the countess reflects on her past, particularly the trauma of losing her husband in war and her hopes for her daughter's future. The narrative hints at the depth of Francis's character and the complications of his past relationships, particularly with a woman named Pauline Raffray, suggesting an impending emotional conflict as Henriette and Francis navigate their budding romance amidst the shadows of their histories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 28.6 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fi French fiction -- Translations into Finnish PQ Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: French Literature 652003 2025-06-23T17:32:57.746659 text/html 651838 651753 2024-10-21T07:54:08.557786 2023-09-22T05:17:27.281078 text/html text/html 306182 2025-06-23T17:33:15.466598 application/epub+zip 315678 2025-06-23T17:33:05.793618 application/epub+zip 315678 2025-06-23T17:33:00.422630 application/epub+zip 527827 2025-06-23T17:33:24.262515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500722 2025-06-23T17:33:14.624619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468654 2022-09-22T20:37:06.455925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630971 2025-06-23T17:32:57.164683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 611290 2024-10-22T23:29:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12112 2025-06-23T17:33:24.408531 application/rdf+xml 11644 2025-06-23T17:33:05.048608 image/jpeg 3041 2025-06-23T17:33:04.767613 image/jpeg 304304 2025-06-23T17:32:57.810733 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