Les amours du chevalier de Faublas, tome 1/5 by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.html.images | 411 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.epub3.images | 617 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.epub.images | 618 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.epub.noimages | 218 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.kf8.images | 735 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.kindle.images | 713 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61920.txt.utf-8 | 387 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/61920/pg61920-h.zip | 589 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Louvet de Couvray, Jean-Baptiste, 1760-1797 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Fournier, Hippolyte |
| Illustrator | Avril, Paul, 1849-1928 |
| Title | Les amours du chevalier de Faublas, tome 1/5 |
| Note | Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits |
Produced by 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) |
| Summary | "Les amours du chevalier de Faublas, tome 1/5" by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray is a novel written in the late 18th century. The story revolves around the titular character, the charming and somewhat frivolous Chevalier de Faublas, as he navigates the complexities of love and desire in the decadence leading up to the French Revolution. This work, infused with themes of romantic adventure and moral reflections, seems to portray the youthful exuberance and naïveté of its protagonist while hinting at more serious undercurrents regarding societal norms and virtues. The opening of the novel introduces the world of Faublas as he arrives in Paris, full of naive expectations and romantic aspirations. Accompanied by his father, the Baron, he experiences the buzzing life of the capital while grappling with the allure of love, particularly drawn to his sister's friend, the beautiful Sophie de Pontis. The first chapters set the stage for Faublas' adventures, hinting at his impending romantic entanglements and the lessons he has yet to learn about love and responsibility. Even in his youth and folly, Louvet's character hints at a deeper struggle between desire and the moral expectations of society, foreshadowing the complexities that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Erotic stories, French |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 61920 |
| Release Date | Apr 25, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 180 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
