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Education of Girls and French Marriage in 1870s Troyes
A framed reminiscence stitches a Parisian love tale with social critique. A narrator witnesses Mme de St Cyr's English style marriage choice for Adele amid suitors M Lambert Naintouche and others, revealing autonomy vs. arranged betrothal, and ends with Adele’s later freedom after remarriage and a sharp observation on gender roles. The piece shifts to a political overview of the 1880s presidential landscape and a speculative science discussion on tides altering Earth's rotation.
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Troyes
Champagne
Mme. de St. Cyr
Mme.de St. Cyr
General de St. Cyr
Mademoiselle de St. Cyr
Madame de St. Cyr
madame
M. Frederic de Lambert
Paris
M. de Lambert
Adele
l’Anglaise
M.de Lambert
Mlle. de St. Cyr
Monsieur, Madame et
Bebe
France
Mile. de St. Cyr
Mme. B
charmante
Grand Hotel
Palais Royal
Mile
de St. Cyr
de Lambert
mademoiseille
Ife
mademoiselle
Ieavens
la Angilaise
Mile. de
Mlle. Adele
M. Fernand Naintouche
Academy
M. Naintouche
M. Louis Blanc
Jeff Troyes
St. Cyr
Mille de St
Faure
Hotel de Jarney
Mme. de Jarney nee
Mme. de Jarney
la Anglaise