La Boylesve, René 1867-1926 creator text utu 2020 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) La poudre aux yeux -- Grenouilleau -- Ce bon monsieur... -- Le gardien de chantiers -- L'individu. Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Poudre_aux_yeux_(nouvelles) Release date is 2020-04-07 Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Short stories, French French fiction -- 20th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61768 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61768 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134426.0 61768