L'Immortel by Alphonse Daudet
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"L'Immortel" by Alphonse Daudet is a novel centered on the fictional world surrounding the French Academy. The story follows the Astier-Réhu family's relentless pursuit of academic prestige and social advancement through manipulation, strategic marriages, and high-society connections. When Professor Léonard Astier-Réhu's collection of historical autographs—the foundation of his scholarly reputation—is exposed as fraudulent, his carefully constructed world begins to crumble. The novel explores ambition, corruption, and the price of immortality in France's
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| Author | Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897 |
|---|---|
| Title |
L'Immortel Moeurs parisiennes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Immortel_(roman) |
| Credits |
Produced by Tonya Allen, Wilelmina Mallière and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Paris (France) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Intellectuals -- France -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 12950 |
| Release Date | Jul 19, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 504 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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