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The Joy of Life

The Joy of Life

Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
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Pauline Quenu, the daughter of shopkeepers in the Parisian business district Les Halles , is taken in by relatives on the coast of Normandy following the death of her parents. There, Pauline - kind and open-minded - is confronted with a gout-plagued host, his avaricious wife, and their lazy son, a morbid hypochondriac, whom she is expected to marry. While the family takes advantage of Pauline, using up the inheritance her parents left to her, Pauline is gradually transformed into a dejected and resigned young woman. Death and accident soon hang over the small house on the Norman coast...
Language
English
Pages
276
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1883
ISBN 13
9781595690470

The Joy of Life

Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
0/5 ( ratings)
Pauline Quenu, the daughter of shopkeepers in the Parisian business district Les Halles , is taken in by relatives on the coast of Normandy following the death of her parents. There, Pauline - kind and open-minded - is confronted with a gout-plagued host, his avaricious wife, and their lazy son, a morbid hypochondriac, whom she is expected to marry. While the family takes advantage of Pauline, using up the inheritance her parents left to her, Pauline is gradually transformed into a dejected and resigned young woman. Death and accident soon hang over the small house on the Norman coast...
Language
English
Pages
276
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1883
ISBN 13
9781595690470

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