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100 1 _aSilvestre, Armand,
_d1837-1901
245 1 0 _aContes irrévérencieux
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-04-01
505 0 _aL'Invité -- Angélique -- Emballé -- Phonographe -- Le Hanneton -- La Boule -- Chabirou -- La Salière -- Malcousinat -- Tous farceurs -- Le Perroquet -- Conte vertueux -- Amany -- Restitution -- Sur le terrain -- Les Bottes -- L'Arche -- Madame Antoine -- L'Izard -- Démocratie -- Pasie -- L'Orage -- Vieux amis -- L'Invité.
508 _aProduced by Tonya Allen, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr
520 _a"Contes irrévérencieux" by Armand Silvestre is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. This work presents a satirical exploration of societal norms and human nature, featuring characters deeply entrenched in the follies and failures of their lives, particularly through the lens of absurdity and irony. At the start of the collection, the narrative introduces M. Rodamour, an aging bureaucrat living in the somewhat melancholic town of Lafouillouze-en-Vexin. He yearns for social acceptance and a sumptuous dinner invitation from the baron de Picpus, hoping to secure a taste of the refined life he perceives his peers enjoy. After much anxiety over social decorum and romantic aspirations toward the baroness, M. Rodamour finally receives a coveted invitation; however, just as he prepares for a night of glory, the dinner is abruptly canceled, leading to his public humiliation and deepening his feeling of isolation. This opening sets a comedic yet poignant tone, highlighting the themes of desire, social ambition, and the often-cruel reality of human relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories, French
653 _aFrench fiction -- 19th century
700 1 _aKauffmann, P.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12080
999 _c53500
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