Contes irrévérencieux by Armand Silvestre

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.html.images 284 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.epub3.images 3.0 MB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.epub.images 3.0 MB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.epub.noimages 168 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.kf8.images 2.9 MB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.kindle.images 2.9 MB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080.txt.utf-8 260 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12080/pg12080-h.zip 2.8 MB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Silvestre, Armand, 1837-1901
Illustrator Kauffmann, P.
Title Contes irrévérencieux
Note Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Contents L'Invité -- Angélique -- Emballé -- Phonographe -- Le Hanneton -- La Boule -- Chabirou -- La Salière -- Malcousinat -- Tous farceurs -- Le Perroquet -- Conte vertueux -- Amany -- Restitution -- Sur le terrain -- Les Bottes -- L'Arche -- Madame Antoine -- L'Izard -- Démocratie -- Pasie -- L'Orage -- Vieux amis -- L'Invité.
Credits Produced by Tonya Allen, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr
Summary "Contes irrévérencieux" by Armand Silvestre is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. This work presents a satirical exploration of societal norms and human nature, featuring characters deeply entrenched in the follies and failures of their lives, particularly through the lens of absurdity and irony. At the start of the collection, the narrative introduces M. Rodamour, an aging bureaucrat living in the somewhat melancholic town of Lafouillouze-en-Vexin. He yearns for social acceptance and a sumptuous dinner invitation from the baron de Picpus, hoping to secure a taste of the refined life he perceives his peers enjoy. After much anxiety over social decorum and romantic aspirations toward the baroness, M. Rodamour finally receives a coveted invitation; however, just as he prepares for a night of glory, the dinner is abruptly canceled, leading to his public humiliation and deepening his feeling of isolation. This opening sets a comedic yet poignant tone, highlighting the themes of desire, social ambition, and the often-cruel reality of human relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Short stories, French
Subject French fiction -- 19th century
Category Text
EBook-No. 12080
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 71 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!