Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Chambermaid_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Journal_d%27une_femme_de_chambre

Release date is 2005-10-07

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"Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre" by Octave Mirbeau is a novel published in 1900. Through the diary of Célestine, a chambermaid, the work exposes the moral corruption and hypocrisy of the French bourgeoisie. Moving between households, she witnesses the dark secrets behind respectable facades and reveals the degrading conditions of domestic servants—modern slaves subjected to exploitation and humiliation. Her unflinching observations paint a scathing portrait of social inequality, where women servants face particular vulnerability, and even the most lucid rebels risk becoming complicit in the system they despise. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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