Project Gutenberg 2008-07-04 Public domain in the USA. 129 Gaboriau, Emile 1832 1873 Gaboriau, Émile Monsieur Lecoq — Volume2 L'honneur du nom Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Lecoq_(novel) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Lecoq_(roman) Produced by Chuck Greif, Tiffany Vergon, Anne Dreze, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Monsieur Lecoq — Volume 2" by Émile Gaboriau is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds in a post-Napoleonic France, focusing on the lives of its characters amid the tensions between the returning nobility and the common folk who have claimed their lands. The tale introduces several key figures, notably M. Lacheneur, a former servant who has risen to prominence, and the returning Duke de Sairmeuse, highlighting themes of honor, betrayal, and the struggles between social classes during this tumultuous period. The opening of the book sets the stage in the village of Sairmeuse on a gloomy August Sunday in 1815, as locals gather for church—a common pretext for socializing amid underlying tensions following Napoleon's recent defeat. The atmosphere is thick with anxiety over the political and economic fate of their holdings now that the old nobility is returning. Central to the drama is Lacheneur, who is burdened by the knowledge of his past, having acquired the lands of the Sairmeuse family through dubious means facilitated by a dying lady of the house. As the narrative progresses, his internal struggle against the pressures to return the land to its rightful owner intertwines with the intrigues of various characters, setting up a conflict that juxtaposes ethical duty against personal ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Detective and mystery stories French fiction -- 19th century Lecoq, Monsieur (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PQ Text Detective Fiction FR Littérature Category: Historical Novels Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1088192 2025-08-04T06:58:48.590161 text/html 1260432 2013-12-20T15:40:34 text/html 474939 2025-08-04T06:59:04.342093 application/epub+zip 496470 2025-08-04T06:58:52.348157 application/epub+zip 488024 2025-08-04T06:58:50.739197 application/epub+zip 911139 2025-08-04T06:59:12.729037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 895698 2025-08-04T06:59:03.253082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 856154 2022-09-04T11:42:59.979224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1033175 2025-08-04T06:58:42.565195 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1033127 2013-12-20T15:40:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1007293 2013-12-20T15:40:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22194 2025-08-04T06:59:12.866033 application/rdf+xml 14695 2025-08-04T06:58:51.288184 image/jpeg 4077 2025-08-04T06:58:51.014141 image/jpeg 380619 2013-12-20T15:41:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 376576 2013-12-20T15:40:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 403812 2013-12-20T15:41:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 467348 2025-08-04T06:58:48.680156 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