Project Gutenberg 2022-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 141 Bourget, Paul 1852 1935 Bourget, Paul Charles Joseph Bourget, Charles Joseph Paul Ives, George Burnham 1856 1930 Ives, George B. Yves, George Burnham Ives, G. Burnham 08009812 L'émigré. English The weight of the name $aUnited Kingdom :$bLittle, Brown, and Company,$c1908. Dagny and Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.) "The Weight of the Name" by Paul Bourget is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows Landri de Claviers-Grandchamp, a young nobleman torn between his aristocratic upbringing and his passionate love for a widow named Valentine Olier. The book explores themes of love, class hierarchy, and personal identity against the backdrop of French society. At the start of the novel, Landri arrives at a clandestine meeting with Valentine, a woman he has loved silently for three years, despite their complex social circumstances. He grapples with his feelings and the pressure of his noble lineage while expressing his intent to propose to her. Valentine, though moved, reveals her own insecurities about their differing social statuses, ultimately refusing his proposal due to the potential implications of marrying a man of his name. This opening sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the characters' emotional struggles and societal expectations, hinting at the larger conflicts that will unfold as their relationship develops. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008672393 20220518060647bourget 1908 GB Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: French Literature 594548 2025-07-27T09:04:27.562060 text/html 574076 2024-10-19T00:21:12 text/html 412714 2025-07-27T09:04:33.398052 application/epub+zip 421993 2025-07-27T09:04:28.572099 application/epub+zip 357605 2025-07-27T09:04:28.085098 application/epub+zip 494028 2025-07-27T09:04:37.490014 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476241 2025-07-27T09:04:32.954048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478481 2022-09-30T23:49:01.657770 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575127 2025-07-27T09:04:27.129051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 555211 2024-10-19T00:21:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17826 2025-07-27T09:04:37.634995 application/rdf+xml 8494 2025-07-27T09:04:28.304041 image/jpeg 1996 2025-07-27T09:04:28.192071 image/jpeg 356196 2025-07-27T09:04:27.615064 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 en.wikipedia