Project Gutenberg 2024-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 130 Maindron, Maurice 1857 1911 Maindron, Maurice Georges René Maindron, Maurice Georges Rene La gardienne de l'idole noire $aParis :$bLemerre, $c1910. La Gardienne de l'Idole noire -- Histoire du berger Nicolas et de la demoiselle Monette -- La Légende singulière et naïve des Sept Dormants d'Éphèse -- Véridique Histoire de la Vierge Marine -- Le Miraculeux Serpent de Fondi. 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) "La Gardienne de l'Idole noire" by Maurice Maindron is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story is told from the perspective of Gianbattista Capoferro, a war veteran now residing in an abbey, who reflects on his tumultuous life filled with love, greed, and adventure. As he shares his past exploits, the narrative delves into themes of desire, loss, and the transitory nature of wealth and pleasure against a backdrop of exotic settings, particularly in the Eastern Indies. At the start of the novel, Gianbattista, an old man, contemplates his life, marked by an insatiable thirst for both love and riches. Confined in an abbey after losing a leg in battle, he recalls his adventurous youth, including a venture to the East Indies where he finds himself entangled in the servitude of a tyrant and drawn into a plot involving a prince and a temple. As the narrative unfolds, Gianbattista is approached by an usurer, Azer, who offers him a lucrative mission to rescue a young princess from a temple guarded by fierce idols. The opening sets a tone of intrigue and hints at the multifaceted nature of Gianbattista’s character—his bravado entwined with deeper vulnerabilities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/lagardiennedelid00main 20231224001517maindron 1910 FR Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: French Literature 352148 2025-07-29T14:36:42.027843 text/html 327392 2024-12-30T06:27:51 text/html 364201 2025-07-29T14:36:47.831864 application/epub+zip 364430 2025-07-29T14:36:42.979900 application/epub+zip 274616 2025-07-29T14:36:42.509870 application/epub+zip 634079 2025-07-29T14:36:51.511053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602114 2025-07-29T14:36:47.472848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330713 2025-07-29T14:36:41.629847 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 310799 2024-12-30T06:27:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16609 2025-07-29T14:36:51.658946 application/rdf+xml 14472 2025-07-29T14:36:42.690858 image/jpeg 2516 2025-07-29T14:36:42.597865 image/jpeg 290214 2025-07-29T14:36:42.061845 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