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A compassionate doctor becomes concerned when a respected artist is arrested for a crime linked to a stolen jewel, and the man's young wife, already ill, faces public suspicion and economic peril. Through neighborhood gossip, legal maneuvering and intimate domestic scenes, the narrative examines how rumor, envy and social appearances unravel a modest household, revealing tensions between love, reputation and vulnerability. Relationships and small kindnesses are tested as friends and officials respond to the scandal, while the wife's frailty and the husband's plight force characters to confront moral choices and the precariousness of dignity under scrutiny.

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Title: Derrière le voile

roman

Author: Mathilde Alanic

Release date: June 15, 2024 [eBook #73831]

Language: French

Original publication: Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1923

Credits: Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

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MATHILDE ALANIC

Derrière le voile

ROMAN

PARIS
ERNEST FLAMMARION, ÉDITEUR
26, RUE RACINE, 26

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  • NORBERT DYS.
  • LE MAITRE DU MOULIN-BLANC.
  • MIE JACQUELINE.
  • MA COUSINE NICOLE. (Prix Montyon de l’Académie française.)
  • NICOLE MARIÉE.
  • NICOLE MAMAN.
  • LESSOR DES COLOMBES.
  • ET L’AMOUR DISPOSE.
  • RAYONNE !
  • AU SOLEIL COUCHANT.

Chez d’autres éditeurs :

  • LE DEVOIR DUN FILS.
  • LES ESPÉRANCES.
  • LA GLOIRE DE FONTECLAIRE.
  • LA ROMANCE DE JOCONDE.
  • LA FILLE DE LA SIRÈNE.
  • LA PETITE MIETTE. (Prix Jules Favre de l’Académie française.)
  • LES ROSES REFLEURISSENT. (Prix Sobrier-Arnould de l’Académie française.)
  • AIME ET TU RENAITRAS !
  • LE MIRACLE DES PERLES.

E. GREVIN — IMPRIMERIE DE LAGNY

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Copyright 1923,
by
Ernest Flammarion.