Project Gutenberg 2020-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 227 About, Edmond 1828 1885 About, Edmond François Valentin Abu, Edmond About, E. (Edmond) Avout, Edmondos Ampou, Edmondos About, Edmond Francois Valentin Les mariages de province La fille du chanoine, Mainfroi, L'album du régiment, Étienne. Produced by Clarity and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Les mariages de province" by Edmond About is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book revolves around the social dynamics and marriages in provincial France, illustrating the lives of its protagonists, including the central character, Professor Henri Marchal, and Mlle Adda Kolb, the daughter of a chanoine. It explores themes of love, social expectations, and the impact of family ties on personal desires. The opening of the novel introduces Henri Marchal as a respected doctor in Strasbourg, who is contemplating marriage. As he interacts with various characters, including his potential love interest, Adda Kolb, the story delves into the complexities of societal expectations concerning marriage. Marchal is pressured by his peers and the society surrounding him, leading to internal conflict about whom he truly loves and desires to marry. The reader is drawn into a narrative that highlights the balance between personal happiness and the weight of societal conventions, setting the stage for the unfolding drama of relationships in a provincial setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: French Literature 564161 2025-07-25T09:55:26.305615 text/html 549248 2024-10-18T08:49:52 text/html 302021 2025-07-25T09:55:32.565558 application/epub+zip 311323 2025-07-25T09:55:27.427577 application/epub+zip 294419 2025-07-25T09:55:26.691632 application/epub+zip 462108 2025-07-25T09:55:36.692528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443629 2025-07-25T09:55:32.237577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427350 2022-09-28T20:05:07.331698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537850 2025-07-25T09:55:25.732578 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 517912 2024-10-18T08:49:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16939 2025-07-25T09:55:36.830535 application/rdf+xml 12592 2025-07-25T09:55:26.778566 image/jpeg 2228 2025-07-25T09:55:26.734573 image/jpeg 286960 2025-07-25T09:55:26.356640 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