Project Gutenberg 2020-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 75 Adam, Paul 1862 1920 Adam, Paul Auguste Marie La glèbe Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer. "La glèbe" by Paul Adam is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book explores themes of love, despair, and the struggles of agrarian life as experienced by its main character. Set against the backdrop of rural France, it delves into the emotional and social challenges faced by landowners and their relationships with women and their land. The story follows Cyrille, a young landowner, as he grapples with his past romantic entanglements, particularly with a woman named Denise, whose hedonistic lifestyle leads to his downfall. Upon returning home from the city, he reflects on his unsatisfactory life, marked by a growing frustration with the deterioration of the land and himself. His attempts to escape the void left by Denise lead him to marry Lucienne, a woman from a noble family, hoping she will bring him happiness and stability. However, his struggles with alcoholism and jealousy unravel their marriage, plunging Cyrille into an abyss of despair and leading to tragic consequences. The narrative encapsulates a poignant exploration of human desires, failures, and the inescapable pull of one's past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouveautés FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 81675 2025-06-24T10:41:53.672395 text/html 58703 2024-10-17T16:31:04 text/html 103692 2025-06-24T10:41:55.746387 application/epub+zip 102961 2025-06-24T10:41:54.037400 application/epub+zip 102963 2025-06-24T10:41:53.841442 application/epub+zip 137528 2025-06-24T10:41:57.273377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123742 2025-06-24T10:41:55.558405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123877 2022-09-27T18:17:12.649786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72882 2023-09-26T09:01:46.404473 text/plain 53203 2024-10-17T16:31:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16195 2025-06-24T10:41:57.394393 application/rdf+xml 12211 2025-06-24T10:41:53.910434 image/jpeg 2095 2025-06-24T10:41:53.876393 image/jpeg 86726 2025-06-24T10:41:53.693401 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