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The Devil's Pool

The Devil's Pool

by Sand, George, 1804-1876

BookID: 21993

Language:English

Illustrator:Abot, Eugène-Michel-Joseph, 1836-1894

Translator:Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960; Sedgwick, Jane Minot

Uniform Title:La mare au diable. English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Pastoral fiction, French

Description

"The Devil's Pool" by George Sand is a pastoral novel published in 1846. When widower Germain reluctantly agrees to visit a wealthy widow who seeks remarriage, he journeys with his young son and sixteen-year-old Mary, a girl seeking work. Their overnight stop near the Devil's Pool becomes a turning point, as unexpected feelings stir between Germain and Mary. But with obligations pulling him toward the widow and Mary facing her own troubles, their path forward remains uncertain in this tale of rural French life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Data Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21993

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