Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_contemporaine_(Anatole_France) Release date is 2005-01-01
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"Monsieur Bergeret à Paris: Histoire Contemporaine" by Anatole France is a novel published in 1901. It is the fourth volume in a tetralogy satirizing French society under the Third Republic. The work follows university professor Lucien Bergeret, whose mediocre domestic and intellectual life drives him to seek refuge in his favorite bookshop. There, he engages in philosophical discussions about justice, government, and scandal, expressing pessimistic views on humanity and history while escaping his unhappy marriage. France employs his characteristic ironic style to explore contemporary politics and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Fiction Middle class -- France -- Paris -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Fiction Antisemitism -- France -- Fiction