Légendes Normandes

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Légendes Normandes

by Gaston Lavalley

FR·~5 hours·27 chapters

Chapters

27 total

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LÉGENDES NORMANDES

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I. La Déesse de la Liberté.

16:56

II. Le Club.

11:56

III. Le Proscrit.

8:12

IV. Une crise domestique.

11:54

V. Désespoir de Dominique.

11:45

VI. Le Pont de cordes.

17:04

Description

In the bustling streets of Bayeux, the town erupts in festive fanfare as it receives three stone fragments from the Bastille, each engraved with the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Flags flutter, children dart through crowds, and patriotic songs swell—an exuberant tableau of a community finally tasting liberty after years of oppression. The celebration is vivid and noisy, a chorus of hope that seems to fill every corner of the city.

Amid the clamor, a modest house in a quiet suburb stands in stark contrast, its shutters closed and its interior shrouded in hushed stillness. Inside, a young woman named Marguerite slips through the dim hallway to find an elderly man, Dominique, absorbed in his thoughts. Their whispered exchange reveals a personal tension between the outward jubilation and the lingering anxieties of those who have lived through turmoil. As they navigate their uneasy rapport, listeners are drawn into a delicate portrait of hope, fear, and the fragile promise of a new era.

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Language

fr

Duration

~5 hours (295K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Credits: Christine De Ryck and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Release date

Feb 1, 2004

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Gaston Lavalley

1834–1922

A French writer, historian, and art historian, he devoted much of his life to preserving the stories, monuments, and local memory of Normandy. His work blends scholarship with a strong sense of place, making regional history feel vivid and alive.

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