Project Gutenberg 2021-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 141 Coulevain, Pierre de 1853 1927 De Coulevain, Pierre Favre de Coulevain, Hélène Favre de Coulevain, Helene Laperche, Jeanne Philomène Laperche, Jeanne Philomene Collins, Sewell 1876 1934 Collins, Sewell T. Ève victorieuse Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Ève victorieuse" by Pierre de Coulevain is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Hélène Ronald, a fashionable and artistic woman in New York society, who desires to escape from the superficialities of her affluent lifestyle. Throughout the opening portion, the dynamics between Hélène, her husband Henri, and her friend Dora Carroll hint at deeper themes of love, ambition, and the conflicts between personal desires and societal expectations. The opening of the novel introduces Hélène Ronald as an authority on interior decoration and a collector of fine objects. As she prepares for a night at the opera, her dialogue with her husband Henri reveals a contrast between her enjoyment of social events and his intellectual pursuits in the field of science. Their conversation touches on themes such as the perception of love through a scientific lens and hints at Hélène's growing restlessness with her luxurious yet shallow existence. The chapter also introduces Dora Carroll, whose self-centered nature and capriciousness complicate the narrative, particularly regarding her romantic relationship with Jack, creating a tension that suggests potential developments in their respective paths and character growth throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Women -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Europe -- Description and travel -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 654160 2025-07-26T04:19:42.452274 text/html 636057 2024-10-18T13:19:53 text/html 511555 2025-07-26T04:19:49.908256 application/epub+zip 512068 2025-07-26T04:19:43.365287 application/epub+zip 357174 2025-07-26T04:19:42.919296 application/epub+zip 675549 2025-07-26T04:19:55.318217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 637816 2025-07-26T04:19:49.513253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480035 2022-09-29T10:37:45.584963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613660 2025-07-26T04:19:41.096286 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 593770 2024-10-18T13:19:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17798 2025-07-26T04:19:55.459193 application/rdf+xml 16645 2025-07-26T04:19:43.015276 image/jpeg 2741 2025-07-26T04:19:42.966279 image/jpeg 439537 2025-07-26T04:19:42.514308 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