Project Gutenberg 2021-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 127 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Roldanus, Willem Jacob Aarland 1877 1940 Roldanus, W. J. A. De drie steden: Parijs Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "De drie steden: Parijs" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book examines the struggles of its protagonist, Abbé Pierre Froment, a priest who grapples with his faith and the harsh realities of poverty in Paris. Through Pierre and his interactions with the marginalized, the narrative explores themes of social injustice, compassion, and the profound disillusionment with religious dogma. At the start of the story, Abbé Pierre Froment prepares to say mass in the Sacré-Cœur basilica, reflecting on the grim, thawing Paris that surrounds him after a brutal winter. As he encounters fellow priest Abbé Rose, Pierre learns about an elderly man, Laveuve, who is suffering from extreme poverty and hunger. Driven by a mixture of compassion and his own moral struggles, Pierre takes it upon himself to deliver a small sum of money to Laveuve. The chapter sets the tone for Pierre's internal turmoil over his waning faith and the broader social issues he witnesses, hinting at the profound challenges he will face as he confronts both the suffering of individuals and the larger societal structures at play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. nl Clergy -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Catholics -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1354578 2025-07-26T04:58:46.571996 text/html 1341085 2024-10-18T13:46:05 text/html 589582 2025-07-26T04:59:05.587910 application/epub+zip 637714 2025-07-26T04:58:50.629982 application/epub+zip 599786 2025-07-26T04:58:48.774006 application/epub+zip 1045936 2025-07-26T04:59:15.385857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1007965 2025-07-26T04:59:03.779945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 901443 2022-09-29T11:58:06.182482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1158399 2025-07-26T04:58:43.576001 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1138542 2024-10-18T13:46:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17948 2025-07-26T04:59:15.586859 application/rdf+xml 13814 2025-07-26T04:58:48.926972 image/jpeg 2213 2025-07-26T04:58:48.850982 image/jpeg 566009 2025-07-26T04:58:46.696985 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 nl.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia