Rose d'Amour

by Alfred Assollant

"Rose d'Amour" by Alfred Assollant is a novel published in 1888. The story follows Rose, who loses her mother young and remains with her father after her sisters marry. When her childhood companion Bernard leaves for seven years of military service in Africa, Rose faces scandal and social ostracism in her village. Separated by distance, shame, and family opposition, their bond is tested by cruel circumstances and misunderstanding in nineteenth-century rural France.