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 Project Gutenberg 2013-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 65 Pontmartin, Armand, comte de 1811 1890 Pontmartin, A. (Armand), comte de Pontmartin, Armand de Les Jeudis de Madame Charbonneau Produced by Clarity, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://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) "Les Jeudis de Madame Charbonneau" by Armand de Pontmartin is a satirical novel written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the interactions and absurdities of Paris society through the lens of its protagonist, who has returned to his provincial roots, revealing the comical pretensions and resemblances between Parisian and provincial life. The opening of the book sets the stage for a series of literary conversations hosted by Madame Charbonneau in her home, aimed at fostering intellectual discussion, but quickly reveals the consequences and realities of such gatherings. The narrator, a Parisian who feels out of place among his provincial peers, reflects on his encounters with various local characters, and the initial conversations devolve into idle gossip and social banter. The narrative establishes a humorous contrast between the narrator's expectations of highbrow conversation and the reality of trivial chatter, highlighting the universal tendency for social groups to revert to familiar, often mundane topics, regardless of their location or background. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43294/43294-h/images/cover.jpg fr Satire French fiction -- 19th century Romans à clef Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 538304 538312 2024-09-18T07:46:36.255461 2023-09-19T03:59:14.629472 text/html text/html 531681 2013-07-24T10:52:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 255842 2013-07-24T10:53:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292016 2024-09-18T07:46:43.353417 application/epub+zip 297382 2024-09-18T07:46:37.482480 application/epub+zip 292282 2024-09-18T07:46:36.868514 application/epub+zip 453200 2024-09-18T07:46:48.158379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 400697 2024-09-18T07:46:42.706417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395984 2022-09-19T17:58:54.332369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495783 2024-09-18T07:46:35.499443 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 495608 2013-07-24T10:52:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 199882 2013-07-24T10:53:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 482692 2013-07-24T10:52:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 197837 2013-07-24T10:53:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20789 2024-09-18T07:46:48.303376 application/rdf+xml 7365 2024-09-18T07:46:36.978451 image/jpeg 1712 2024-09-18T07:46:36.922613 image/jpeg 261767 2024-09-18T07:46:36.310466 application/octet-stream application/zip