Unelma: Romaani by Émile Zola
"Unelma: Romaani" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story likely explores themes of social injustice, personal struggle, and the quest for belonging, centered around the character Angélique, a young girl who faces immense hardships and yearns for warmth and acceptance in a cold world. The opening of "Unelma" introduces a bitterly cold winter in the town of Beaumont, where a nine-year-old girl named Angélique is
found shivering under a church portico, desperately seeking shelter from the blizzard. She is portrayed as a fragile figure, dressed in rags and struggling with hunger and loneliness. We glean snippets of her past, revealing she is an orphan with unknown parents, a status affirmed by the discovery of a government-issued book outlining her identity as a foundling. The narrative hints at her fierce spirit beneath her vulnerable exterior, as she clings to her only possession, a small book, asserting her superiority over those who have wronged her. As she is taken in by a couple, Hubert and Hubertine, we see hints of her complicated emotions and resilience, setting the stage for her journey towards acceptance and self-discovery in a world that initially seems indifferent to her plight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
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| Translator | Jaakkola, Väinö, 1888-1942 |
| Uniform Title | Le rêve. Finnish |
| Title | Unelma: Romaani |
| Note | Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Credits | Produced by Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Christian life -- Fiction |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dreams -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 44657 |
| Release Date | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 88 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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