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The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III

by G. P. R. James (?–1860)

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  • 37 chapters
  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III" by G. P. R. James is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. The story is set during the turbulence of the 17th century in France, focusing on the Huguenots, who were French Protestants facing persecution. The main character introduced is Albert Count of Morseiul, a nobleman who grapples with the political and religious strife of his time while navigating personal relationships and defending his people. The opening of the novel presents a vivid setting of the small town of Morseiul, where the local inhabitants are introduced along with the political tensions they face as Huguenots. The chapter describes the physical landscape and the town's atmosphere, then shifts focus to Count Albert and his friend, Chevalier Louis d’Evran, who share a meal while discussing the current state of affairs. Tension mounts as the townspeople, angered by a royal proclamation threatening their religious rights, gather in the square, leading to a moment of confrontation with royal officials. Count Albert's commitment to protect his townsfolk becomes evident as he prepares to intervene in the mounting conflict, setting the stage for the struggles they must endure together.

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Chapter I: The Hero, His Friend, and His Dwelling in the Seventeenth Century

There is a small town in one of the remote provinces of France, about ten miles from the sea shore, and two or three hundred from the capital, on the appearance of which it may be as well to dwell for a short time; noticing not alone its houses and its streets as they appeared in the seventeenth century, but its inhabitants, their feelings, and their customs, at that period.

Were we not to make this formal sort of presentation, the reader would feel as if set down suddenly amidst a crowd of strangers with no one to introduce him, with no one to unpadlock the barrier which the cautious laws of society set up between man and man, to guard against the wild-beast propensities of the race of intellectual tigers to which we belong. Now, however, if we manage skilfully, the reader may become as familiar with the people of another day, and scenes of another land, as if they had been the playfellows of his childhood, and the haunts of his youth; and may go on calmly with those to whom he is thus introduced through the dark and painful events which are recorded in the pages that follow.

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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Chapter I: The Hero, His Friend, and His Dwelling in the Seventeenth Century
  3. Chapter II: The Valet — The Townspeople — The Proclamation
  4. Chapter III
  5. Chapter IV
  6. Chapter V
  7. Chapter VI
  8. Chapter VII
  9. Chapter VIII
  10. Chapter IX
  11. Chapter X
  12. Chapter I
  13. Chapter II
  14. Chapter III
  15. Chapter IV
  16. Chapter V
  17. Chapter VI
  18. Chapter VII
  19. Chapter VIII
  20. Chapter IX
  21. Chapter X
  22. Chapter XI
  23. Chapter I
  24. Chapter II
  25. Chapter III
  26. Chapter IV
  27. Chapter V
  28. Chapter VI
  29. Chapter VII
  30. Chapter VIII
  31. Chapter IX
  32. Chapter X
  33. Chapter XI
  34. Chapter XII
  35. Chapter XIII
  36. Chapter XIV
  37. Chapter XV: The End

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This free edition of The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. James comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #39520, released 2012-04-23. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Historical Novels, Novels, French Literature.

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