<p>Le rêve is a simple tale of the orphan Angélique Marie (b. 1851), adopted by a couple of embroiderers, the Huberts, whose marriage is blighted by a childlessness which they attribute to a curse uttered by Mme Hubert's mother on her deathbed. Angélique is enthralled by the tales of the saints and martyrs ? particularly Saint Agnes and Saint George ? as told in the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine. Her dream is to be saved by a handsome prin...