L'influence d'un livre: Roman historique

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aubert de Gaspé, Philippe, 1814-1841

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"L'influence d'un livre: Roman historique" by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. The story likely revolves around themes related to ambition, knowledge, and perhaps the consequences of one's actions within a historical context. The primary characters introduced include Charles Amand, an alchemist obsessed with the pursuit of gold, and his hesitant companion, Dupont, who is drawn into Amand's dangerous schemes. The opening of the novel introduces us to a dimly lit cabin on the southern bank of the Saint-Laurent River, where Charles Amand labors tirelessly in the hope of achieving alchemical success. Despite his efforts to transmute base metals into gold, he is met with frustration and failure. As Amand prepares for a fateful meeting with his friend Dupont, who grapples with uncertainty about their morally dubious plans, the tension between ambition and conscience is established. Amand, infused with a sense of desperation and determination, dreams of future success, while Dupont's reluctance foreshadows the conflict that lies ahead in their quest for wealth and power. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

This text was adapted from that found at the Bibliothèque virtuelle. http://www.fsj.ualberta.ca/biblio/default.htm Thank you to Donald Ipperciel and the Faculté Saint-Jean (University of Alberta) for making it available.

Notes:

Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Influence_d%27un_livre

Release date is 2005-03-09