La poudre aux yeux by René Boylesve
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"La poudre aux yeux" by René Boylesve is a collection of five short stories published in 1909. The stories explore the theme of appearance versus reality—the impression people give to others, whether intentionally or not. A father and son deceive each other about their finances. A worker's son rejects the superficial allure of high society. An elderly man finds joy in simple card games. A fallen entrepreneur wastes away from shame. A
mysterious vagrant turns out to be an ordinary man fulfilling a lifelong dream of seeing the sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Boylesve, René, 1867-1926 |
|---|---|
| Title | La poudre aux yeux |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Poudre_aux_yeux_(nouvelles) |
| Contents | La poudre aux yeux -- Grenouilleau -- Ce bon monsieur... -- Le gardien de chantiers -- L'individu. |
| Credits |
Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61768 |
| Release Date | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 263 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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