Excerpt from L'Amoureux de la Préfète
Le soleil se couche; les heures du soir descendent légères et vaporeuses sur la ville. Tout le versant des vignes est. Déjà dans l'ombre; les silhouettes élancées des sapins et des ifs s'accusent plus nettement. Du fond du faubourg fumeux, la mélodie d'un orgue monte jusqu'à moi, et, tandis que je savoure la paix de cette journée de printemps qui s'achève, j 'aperçois, sur le chemin baigné de la rose illumination du couchant un tout jeune homme de mon âge qui gravit la côte d'un pas rapide et vient de mon côté. C'est Severin Malapert, le fils unique de l'agent - voyer en retraite. Au sortir des bureaux de la préfecture, où il est attaché comme surnuméraire, il regagne le logis paternel, cette première maison d'angle.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book, a work of historical fiction, follows the story of SÃ verin Malapert, a young man who, in the prime of his youth, falls head over heels in love with a woman who is both unattainable and unaware of his affections. While the beautiful CÃ cile de Grandclos, wife of the new prefect, embodies everything he has ever desired in a woman, their starkly differing social positions present a chasm that seems impossible to bridge. Despite his realistic understanding of the futility of his infatuation, SÃ verin is unable to quell his insatiable desire for her. This book is a moving exploration of young love, the heartache of unrequited affection, and the bittersweet experience of a heart yearning for the impossible. It is a timeless account of a universal human emotion, poignantly capturing the raw and often-conflicting feelings that accompany the infatuation of a young man. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780266158820_0
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