France, Anatole 1844-1924 creator text utu 2005 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_contemporaine_(Anatole_France) Release date is 2005-01-01 Produced by Sergio Cangiano, Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. 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 Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Fiction Middle class -- France -- Paris -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Fiction Antisemitism -- France -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7268 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7268 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133205.0 7268