Project Gutenberg 2024-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 71 Silvestre, Charles 1889 1948 26007715 Belle Sylvie $aParis :$bPlon-Nourrit, $c1925. Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Belle Sylvie" by Charles Silvestre is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the late 18th century, specifically around 1788, and revolves around the life of Sylvie de Flamare and her marriage to the Vicomte d'Argé. The novel captures the tensions of aristocratic life during a time of social upheaval, highlighting themes of love, duty, and the encroaching shadows of revolution. At the start of "Belle Sylvie," readers are introduced to the grand Château d'Argé in rural France, where Sylvie de Flamare has just married the Vicomte d'Argé. The opening details their idyllic life, which is juxtaposed against the vibrant yet troubling commentary on the surrounding social landscape. As Sylvie and Claude enjoy their quiet moments together, hints of the impending turmoil are introduced—both in the form of social unrest and personal conflicts, especially with Claude's father, the Count. The unfolding narrative contrasts the blessings of new love with the complexities of familial expectations and the external pressures of a society on the brink of revolutionary change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://books.google.com/books?id=PPM4AQAAIAAJ 20230409085051silvestre 1925 fr Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: French Literature 249429 2025-07-29T09:17:05.788240 text/html 224914 2024-07-09T23:34:50 text/html 301718 2025-07-29T09:17:11.109224 application/epub+zip 302255 2025-07-29T09:17:06.756311 application/epub+zip 237942 2025-07-29T09:17:06.296220 application/epub+zip 471473 2025-07-29T09:17:14.519180 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437131 2025-07-29T09:17:10.759208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229672 2025-07-29T09:17:05.418269 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209828 2024-07-09T23:34:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16106 2025-07-29T09:17:14.669186 application/rdf+xml 12816 2025-07-29T09:17:06.480221 image/jpeg 2513 2025-07-29T09:17:06.386227 image/jpeg 225861 2025-07-29T09:17:05.820255 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