Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27illustre_Gaudissart

Release date is 1998-09-01

Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger

"The Illustrious Gaudissart" by Honoré de Balzac is a short story published in 1833. Felix Gaudissart, a charismatic Parisian traveling salesman, ventures into the Touraine region to sell insurance and newspaper subscriptions. When he encounters resistance from locals, one man plays a cruel practical joke by directing him to an insane neighbor. What follows is a comedy of misunderstandings, deception, and unexpected confrontations that test Gaudissart's legendary salesmanship and cunning. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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