Project Gutenberg 2024-04-12 Public domain in the USA. 147 Mendès, Catulle 1841 1909 Mendes, Catulle Mendès, Catulles Les oiseaux bleus $aParis :$bVictor-Havard, $c1888. Le Soir d'une fleur -- La Belle du monde -- La Bonne Trouvaille -- La Belle au bois rêvant -- Le Vœu maladroit -- Isoline-Isolin -- Le Miroir -- La Princesse Oiselle -- Le Chemin du Paradis -- Les Baisers d'or -- Les Accordailles -- Le Mauvais Convive -- La Tire-lire -- La Bonne Récompense -- Les Mots perdus -- La Mémoire du cœur -- Les Trois Bonnes Fées -- Le Ramasseur de bonnets -- Les Trois Semeurs -- La Belle au cœur de neige -- Les Deux Marguerites -- L'Ange boiteux -- Les Traîtrises de Puck -- Les Larmes sur l'épée -- La Petite Flamme bleue -- Martine et son Ange -- La Dernière Fée. 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/Canadian Libraries) "Les oiseaux bleus" by Catulle Mendès is a collection of stories written in the late 19th century. The book weaves fairy-tale elements with facets of human experience, exploring themes of beauty, love, and the illusion of happiness through the lives of various characters. The stories both reflect romanticism and critique social conditions, particularly against a backdrop of Parisian life. At the start of this collection, the narrative opens with a poignant scene where a delicate flower, once vibrant, falls into the mud during a festive occasion, symbolizing the fleeting nature of joy. A small girl from a poor background picks up the flower, indicating her innocence and longing for beauty amidst bleak surroundings. The story unfolds with the girl’s heartwarming interaction with her neglectful parents and the contrasts between her simple joy in the flower and the struggle for survival in a harsh world. Meanwhile, the surrounding characters, who are steeped in hardship, represent the broader societal issues of poverty and neglect, setting the stage for the exploration of hope and despair in Mendès’s vivid storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://archive.org/details/lesoiseauxbleus00mend 20230909092636mends 1888 FR Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 306506 2025-06-29T05:58:55.733515 text/html 281431 2024-04-12T17:29:03 text/html 389697 2025-06-29T05:59:00.760447 application/epub+zip 388931 2025-06-29T05:58:56.650501 application/epub+zip 248412 2025-06-29T05:58:56.187523 application/epub+zip 696224 2025-06-29T05:59:03.996489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 668893 2025-06-29T05:59:00.415456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278028 2025-06-29T05:58:55.242483 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258160 2024-04-12T17:29:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16869 2025-06-29T05:59:04.128438 application/rdf+xml 14764 2025-06-29T05:58:56.371465 image/jpeg 2294 2025-06-29T05:58:56.279486 image/jpeg 324869 2025-06-29T05:58:55.763475 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