Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre by Saint-Pierre
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"Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre" by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre is a novel published in 1788. Set on the island of Mauritius, it tells the story of two childhood friends raised together in natural simplicity who fall in love as they grow older. Their idyllic existence faces disruption when Virginie is sent to France to claim an inheritance, separating the devoted pair. Written on the eve
of the French Revolution, this tale explores the clash between natural virtue and artificial society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827 |
| Title | Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_et_Virginie |
| Credits |
Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, Children, Grenet and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Slavery -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Friendship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Shipwrecks -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mauritius -- Fiction |
| Subject | Death -- Fiction |
| Subject | Charity -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 10859 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 523 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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