Project Gutenberg 2022-11-07 Public domain in the USA. 187 Sand, George 1804 1876 Dupin, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant, Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, Armandine Aurore Lucille Zérèga, Katherine Berry di Zéréga, Katherine Berry di Zerega, Katherine Berry di 06035673 Les dames vertes. English The Naiad: A ghost story $aUnited States :$bWilliam R. Jenkins,$c1892. Richard Tonsing, Carlos Colon, the University of Minnesota and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Naiad: A Ghost Story" by George Sand is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds around a young lawyer named Nivières, who is dispatched to the château of Ionis to assist in a legal affair. As he arrives, he becomes embroiled in supernatural occurrences tied to the naiad—the spirit of three young ladies from the castle's past—highlighting themes of duty, fascination with the ethereal, and the contrast between reality and the supernatural. At the start of the story, Nivières brings with him a combination of youthful ambition and a longing for literary pursuits over his legal duties. He encounters Madame d'Ionis, a captivating woman trapped in social constraints, surrounded by family members consumed by an ongoing lawsuit. As he spends the night in the château, he learns more about the tragic history of the d'Ionis ladies, who seemingly haunt the place. A haunted dinner setup with three loaves of bread symbolizes a mysterious ritual to please these spirits. When he later perceives a living naiad in the moonlight, their dialogue reveals deep, philosophical ruminations on love, duty, and the essence of the afterlife, setting the stage for an exploration of emotional and ethical dilemmas in the face of supernatural lore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001653226s&view=1up&seq=11 20200613095146sand 1892 US Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: French Literature 237046 2025-09-27T10:36:17.989419 text/html 212888 2024-10-19T01:51:47 text/html 616390 2025-09-27T10:36:22.869358 application/epub+zip 614322 2025-09-27T10:36:19.367465 application/epub+zip 171087 2025-09-27T10:36:18.663412 application/epub+zip 1061960 2025-09-27T10:36:25.519376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1043330 2025-09-27T10:36:22.251366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204273 2025-09-27T10:36:17.540417 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184234 2024-10-19T01:51:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17034 2025-09-27T10:36:25.665371 application/rdf+xml 10628 2025-09-27T10:36:18.866377 image/jpeg 1803 2025-09-27T10:36:18.763430 image/jpeg 1057237 2025-09-27T10:36:18.028383 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