The plot takes place in France in the 19th century as Émile, a progressive young man concerned with social justice, falls in love with Gilberte, the daughter of his neighbor, Monsieur Antoine, Count of Chateaubrun. Monsieur Antoine is a ruined nobleman who had to become a worker in order to survive. Because of that the young couple's relationship is not approved by Émile's father, an authoritarian industrialist who ran a factory in Gargilesse. Émile and Gilberte received the support of a worker, Jean, as well as an eccentric nobleman, the Marquis de Boisguilsbault, who bequeathed his fortune to the couple in order to found an agrarian community. Émile and Gilberte want to put into practice their ideas of social progress in the region fighting for their love in the process.
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George Sand. The Sin of Monsieur Antoine
The Sin of Monsieur Antoine
Table of Content
Volume 1
Introduction
I. Eguzon
II. The Manor of Châteaubrun
III. Monsieur Cardonnet
IV. The Vision
V. The Dribe
VI. Jean the Carpenter
VII. The Arrest
VIII. Gilberte
IX. Monsieur Antoine
X. A Good Action
XI. A Ghost
XII. Industrial Diplomacy
XIII. The Struggle
XIV. First Love
XV. The Staircase
XVI. The Talisman
XVII. Thaw
XVIII. Storm
XIX. The Portrait
XX. The Fortress of Crozant
XXI. Monsieur Antoine's Nap
XXII. Intrigue
XXIII. The Devil's Rock
Volume 2
XXIV. Monsieur Galuchet
XXV. The Explosion
XXVI. The Snare
XXVII. Sorrows and Joys of Love
XXVIII. Consolation
XXIX. An Adventure
XXX. The Impromptu Supper
XXXI. Uncertainty
XXXII. A Wedding Present
XXXIII. The Story of One Told by the Other
XXXIV. Resurrection
XXXV. Absolution
XXXVI. Reconciliation
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George Sand
Translator: George Burnham Ives
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"Enough, monsieur," the peasant replied; "if you don't know him anything that I could say would hardly interest you, and if you are rich you have nothing to fear from him. The poor people are the only ones he has a grudge against."
"But after all," rejoined the traveller, with a sort of restrained emotion, "it may be that I have reasons for wanting to know what people in this country think of this Monsieur Cardonnet. If you refuse to give any reason for your bad opinion of him, it must be because you have some personal spite against him, not at all creditable to yourself."
