This text is only front matter consisting of a Project Gutenberg eBook licensing notice, catalog metadata, title page details, and a comprehensive bibliography of works by the author Marguerite Duportal. The metadata indicates that the eBook is a digital version of De la volonté by Marguerite Duportal published in Paris by Lethielleux in 1926 and released by Project Gutenberg in February 2024. The opening section details the standard terms of use for copies distributed within the United States and internationally under the Project Gutenberg License. It also lists technical production credits involving Laurent Vogel and the Bibliotheque nationale de France.
The subsequent bibliographic section outlines multiple literary works authored by Marguerite Duportal across different publishing houses including Librairie des saints peres Haton Georges Ondet and Lesot. The listed works include poetry collections such as Les Chrysalides and Le Prisme des heures dramatic pieces in verse and prose such as Le Theatre au Salon and Le Theatre au Pensionnat prose narratives like L enigme du bonheur and plays or acts intended for young audiences such as Le Serment de Loic and Le barbier du nouveau Seigneur. Several of these preceding publications and forthcoming titles like Le Sachet and De la Souffrance are noted as having received literary prizes or crowns from organizations such as the Academie francaise the Academie de Marseille and the Comite de litterature spiritualiste.