The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life by Alexandre Dumas
"The Son of Clemenceau: A Novel of Modern Love and Life" by Alexandre Dumas is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. This story serves as a sequel to "The Clemenceau Case" and delves into themes of love, social class struggles, and personal identity against a richly detailed backdrop of urban life, specifically set in Munich. The novel introduces complex characters such as a student drawn to the city's historical
allure and a mysterious young woman with musical talent, hinting at intersecting fates and romantic entanglements. The opening of the novel paints a vivid picture of Munich at twilight, where a young, solitary student observes the city's juxtaposition of grandeur and poverty. He encounters a gathering of beggars led by a formidable old woman, Baboushka, who exerts a strange sense of authority over them. The tension escalates as the student witnesses an attempted assault on a young singer by the brutish Baron von Sendlingen, leading him to intervene. This encounter spirals into conflict, igniting jealousy and igniting a series of dramatic events. As the narrative unfolds, the student finds himself entangled in a dangerous situation that not only tests his valor but also intertwines his life with that of the beggar's daughter and opens up themes of vengeance and survival against a backdrop of societal decay and personal ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life |
| Note | "A Sequel to The Clemenceau Case by Alexander Dumas (fils)" |
| Note | Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Steven desJardins and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13572 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 18, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 102 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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