The fear of living : (La peur de vivre)

by Henry Bordeaux

EN·~8 hours·28 chapters

Chapters

28 total

THE FEAR OF LIVING

1:07

FOREWORD

5:23

PREFACE

52:05

THE FEAR OF LIVING

0:01

THE FEAR OF LIVING

0:01

PART I

0:00

CHAPTER I MARCEL’S HOMECOMING

31:35

CHAPTER II BROTHER AND SISTER

26:38

CHAPTER III THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS

20:07

CHAPTER IV A MORNING AT LA CHÊNAIE

25:41

Description

A young man returns home to a modest French village, where the weight of family honor and the quiet desperation of everyday life hang heavy in the air

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Duration

~8 hours (508K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1913.

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)

Release date

Feb 26, 2024

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73031

Subjects

French fiction -- Translations into English PQ

About the author

Henry Bordeaux

1870–1963

A French novelist, essayist, and lawyer from Savoy, he built a long literary career around questions of family, duty, faith, and regional identity. His books often set provincial traditions against the pull of modern city life.

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