Mon oncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier
"Mon oncle Benjamin" by Claude Tillier is a novel published in 1843. Set in eighteenth-century France, it follows Benjamin Rathery, a twenty-eight-year-old physician who avoids his debts, enjoys wine, and refuses marriage. When his sister pressures him to marry after a drunken duel injures his brother-in-law, Benjamin reluctantly agrees to wed a fellow doctor's daughter. But his heart belongs to Manette, the beautiful wife of the local innkeeper. This satirical novel became
beloved by French singer Georges Brassens and inspired multiple film adaptations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tillier, Claude, 1801-1844 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mon oncle Benjamin |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_oncle_Benjamin |
| Credits | Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Uncles -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Subject | France -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 34560 |
| Release Date | Dec 4, 2010 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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