Project Gutenberg 2006-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 82 Renard, Jules 1864 1910 Renard, Pierre Jules L'écornifleur Produced by Pierre Lacaze, Suzanne Lybarger, 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) "L'écornifleur" by Jules Renard is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character Henri, a somewhat disillusioned and introspective observer who interacts with the bourgeois couple, Monsieur and Madame Vernet. The narrative explores themes of social class, artistic ambition, and the complexities of relationships as Henri navigates his self-identity and aspirations in a world filled with both charm and absurdity. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Monsieur Vernet, a man in his forties whose appearance and demeanor create an impression of awkwardness, with a wife who seems to accommodate him in his self-neglect. Their dynamic reveals underlying tensions and the ennui of bourgeois life. The opening chapters depict Henri's first encounters with Monsieur and Madame Vernet, showcasing his attempts to connect with them while simultaneously holding a sense of detachment. He grapples with the absurdity of social interactions and the disheartening realities of his poet's life, contrasting his aspirations against the trivial comforts of the Vernets’ daily routines. As he mingles among them, the reader can already sense the brewing complexity in his alignment with their lives and his artistic ambitions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 310500 310509 2024-09-09T04:22:24.893760 2023-09-09T07:13:55.177167 text/html text/html 344748 2021-01-01T16:43:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 114594 2021-01-01T16:43:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 158251 2024-09-09T04:22:32.291713 application/epub+zip 162948 2024-09-09T04:22:26.397726 application/epub+zip 157675 2024-09-09T04:22:25.488761 application/epub+zip 329522 2024-09-09T04:22:36.855717 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285582 2024-09-09T04:22:31.622758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280699 2022-09-09T13:22:34.473488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263962 263675 2024-09-09T04:22:23.494808 2023-09-09T07:13:53.868174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 258231 2021-01-01T16:43:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 101353 2021-01-01T16:43:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18666 2024-09-09T04:22:36.995693 application/rdf+xml 10231 2024-09-09T04:22:25.850747 image/jpeg 2839 2024-09-09T04:22:25.668758 image/jpeg 152317 2024-09-09T04:22:24.923739 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia