The Roquevillards

Henry BordeauxProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 394K words
Chapters: 40

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Les Roquevillard by Henry BordeauxAuthor: Bordeaux, Henry, 1870-1963,Language: French, Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Release Date: Nov 26, 2004

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Les Roquevillard is a novel by the French writer Henry Bordeaux, belonging to the tradition of family narrative within the canon of French literature. This is the original French electronic edition released by Project Gutenberg, preserving the work as it was, and suited to readers who wish to engage directly with the French text. Bordeaux's writing often centers on family ethics, regional settings and the moral conflicts of his characters' inner lives, and this book continues that direction, showing through the fate of the Roquevillard family the tension between human feeling and duty. As a French novel of the early twentieth century, it also offers a concrete sample for observing the social ideas and literary tastes of the time. While reading, pay attention to the pace of the narration and the period tone in the dialogue—both an entry into the work and a chance to feel the texture of French literary language. The electronic edition is easy to search and compare, making it suitable as foreign-language reading material or a supplementary text for the study of French literature.

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Readers with some French reading ability who want to encounter early twentieth-century French fiction
Students and enthusiasts studying French literature or family narrative
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Read one chapter first to gauge the difficulty of the language, then decide whether to read closely or extensively
Keep pen and paper to record character relationships; family novels have dense threads of titles and kinship
When you meet period expressions, set them aside for now and grasp plot and character motivation first
Read alongside material on early twentieth-century French history for smoother understanding

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About the author

Henry Bordeaux Author · French · 1870–1963

Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963) was a French writer and lawyer, born in Thonon-les-Bains and died in Paris. He came from a Savoyard legal family, and his works reflect the values of traditional provincial Catholic communities, with "loyalty"—a theme running through family, country, and God—as a central concern. His representative works include La Maison, Les Roquevillard, and La Peur de vivre, as well as Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air, about the World War I air hero, and The Last Days of Fort Vaux, March 9–June 7, 1916, on the final days of Fort Vaux at Verdun. These works tend to focus on family ethics, religious faith, and wartime responsibility, with a style marked by moral concern and realistic narrative. In 1919 he was elected to the Académie française, giving him a recognized place in French literary life.