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Madame Thérèse, by Erckmann-Chatrian
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Title: Madame Thérèse Introduction and notes by Edward Manley
Author: Erckmann-Chatrian
Editor: Edward Manley
Release Date: July 10, 2007 [EBook #22039]
Language: French
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MADAME THÉRÈSE
PAR
ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN
EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND VOCABULARY
BY
EDWARD MANLEY
ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT, 1910 BY D. C. HEATH & CO.
Printed in U. S. A.
INTRODUCTION
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Madame Thérèse is a story of the French Revolution. The events described in it occur between the summer of 1793 and the following spring. It abounds in allusions to episodes in the Revolution itself and contains many references to customs which owed their origin to the Revolution. Though it presents no difficulties to the intelligent Frenchman, still, by t