Project Gutenberg
2023-12-12
Public domain in the USA.
96
Bordeaux, Henry
1870
1963
Bordeaux, Henri
Bordeaux, Enrique
Houghton, Louise Seymour
1838
1920
Houghton, Louise S. (Louise Seymour)
La maison. English
The house
$aNew York :$bDuffield & company, $c1914.
Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)
"The House" by Henry Bordeaux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores themes of nostalgia and the significance of home through the eyes of the narrator, who reflects on his childhood experiences and the familial connections to a particular house where his family has lived for generations. The narrative emphasizes the emotional weight of "the house" as a symbol of memory and belonging, contrasting the idealized past with the changes brought by time. The opening of the novel introduces the narrator's deep affection for his childhood home, referred to simply as "the house." The young narrator recounts how various people, regardless of their station, refer to it with reverence and affection, signifying its central place in their lives. He nostalgically describes the house's features, changes over time, and the memories associated with it, highlighting the importance of the spaces we inhabit. As he reminisces, he conveys the innocence of childhood wonder, the influence of family dynamics, and the lingering impact of those memories on his adult perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008672230
20230820024018bordeaux
1914
US
Reading ease score: 70.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
en
French fiction -- Translations into English
PQ
Text
Category: Novels
Category: French Literature
624998
2025-06-28T13:23:37.327613
text/html
599954
2023-12-12T17:21:02
text/html
538772
2025-06-28T13:23:45.016532
application/epub+zip
534499
2025-06-28T13:23:38.660537
application/epub+zip
393111
2025-06-28T13:23:37.991566
application/epub+zip
647275
2025-06-28T13:23:49.991509
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
606980
2025-06-28T13:23:44.382562
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
572473
2025-06-28T13:23:36.262603
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
552693
2023-12-12T17:21:02
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
16380
2025-06-28T13:23:50.131485
application/rdf+xml
11306
2025-06-28T13:23:38.183554
image/jpeg
2433
2025-06-28T13:23:38.085571
image/jpeg
486382
2025-06-28T13:23:37.378633
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