Project Gutenberg 2024-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 129 Bainville, Jacques 1879 1936 La tasse de saxe $aParis :$bBernard Grasset, $c1928. La tasse de saxe -- Polioute -- La coutume des Samnites -- Croquemitaine -- Symmaque -- Le collier de Rhéa -- Les perplexités de Nannénus -- Kab l'architecte -- Le mariage autrichien -- Le salon d'Aliénor. Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Polona digital library) "La tasse de saxe" by Jacques Bainville is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a beautifully crafted Saxon porcelain cup, chronicling its journey as it passes through the hands of various individuals over time, each connected to historical events and personal dramas. As the cup transitions from one owner to another, it becomes a silent witness to love, loss, and the fragility of human relationships. The opening of the book introduces the elegant Saxon cup through a series of anecdotes that describe its previous owners and the circumstances that led to its degradation. We learn about a queen’s anger that results in the shattering of a cup, and various tales of nobility contrast with the more tumultuous events of revolution and personal betrayal. The cup's journey reflects its symbolic significance, representing themes of memory and the transient nature of material possessions as it eventually ends up discarded, reflecting on the human experiences it has silently observed. The narrative is rich with historical context and explores the intersection of personal fate with broader societal events, setting the tone for an intriguing exploration of how objects can carry the weight of history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://polona.pl/preview/63f2dfc8-4935-48df-8d27-81984bc5b5d2 20240928031542bainville 1928 FR Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text 213040 2025-06-29T11:29:44.618341 text/html 188426 2024-10-23T16:23:23 text/html 258420 2025-06-29T11:29:48.224340 application/epub+zip 257590 2025-06-29T11:29:45.422349 application/epub+zip 178196 2025-06-29T11:29:45.018316 application/epub+zip 490618 2025-06-29T11:29:50.569287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472025 2025-06-29T11:29:47.937308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195323 2025-06-29T11:29:44.337341 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175535 2024-10-23T16:23:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16412 2025-06-29T11:29:50.703297 application/rdf+xml 13497 2025-06-29T11:29:45.189316 image/jpeg 2622 2025-06-29T11:29:45.102365 image/jpeg 213110 2025-06-29T11:29:44.639339 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