Marie-Claire : roman by Marguerite Audoux
"Marie-Claire : roman" by Marguerite Audoux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Marie-Claire, a young girl who faces adversity and upheaval, charting her journey from childhood through her formative years in institutions and the wrenching experiences of loss, separation, and adaptation. The novel is noted for its intimate realism, its focus on the daily life and emotional world of its protagonist, and its depiction of
working-class and orphaned childhood, likely drawing from the author's own background. The opening of the book introduces Marie-Claire at a moment of profound loss: the death of her mother. The narrative follows her as she and her sister are taken in by neighbors and eventually placed in a convent-like orphanage, run by nuns and supported by a cast of caretakers and fellow orphans. Through Marie-Claire's eyes, readers experience the routines, rules, friendships, and small rebellions of institutional life, her bond with characters like Ismérie, Augustine, and Marie Renaud, and her deep attachment to the nurturing yet fallible Sœur Marie-Aimée. The narrative details formative incidents—struggles with illness, authority, friendship, petty transgressions, and early work assignments—capturing Marie-Claire’s emotional development as she copes with change and uncertainty, leading to her eventual placement as a shepherdess, which marks the end of her childhood in the home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Audoux, Marguerite, 1863-1937 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917 |
| Title | Marie-Claire : roman |
| Original Publication | Paris: Bibliothèque Charpentier, 1911. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Claire_(roman) |
| Note | Winner of le prix Femina, 1910. |
| Credits | Claudine Corbasson 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) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 75719 |
| Release Date | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 270 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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