Paul ja Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
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"Paul ja Virginia" by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre is a novel published in 1788. Set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, it tells the story of two childhood friends raised together by their single mothers in natural isolation. As they grow into adolescence, romantic feelings emerge between them. When Virginie is sent to France to claim an inheritance, their idyllic world faces disruption. Written on the eve of the French
Revolution, this tale explores the corruption of natural innocence by artificial society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Joutsen, O. A. (Otto Aleksanteri), 1878-1936 |
| Title | Paul ja Virginia |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_et_Virginie |
| Credits | Produced by Matti Järvinen and PG Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 28.7 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| 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. | 28661 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-28661-7 |
| Release Date | May 2, 2009 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 383 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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