Project Gutenberg 2013-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 204 Mirbeau, Octave 1848 1917 Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson 1854 1939 Tucker, Benjamin R. A Chambermaid's Diary Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Clare Graham & Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) "A Chambermaid's Diary" by Octave Mirbeau is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is narrated by Célestine, a French chambermaid who has taken a position in the country with a wealthy couple. Through her diary entries, she offers a candid and satirical glimpse into the lives of both the upper class and the servants, revealing the dark underbelly of social dynamics, exploitation, and the often grotesque nature of human relationships. At the start of the novel, Célestine reflects on her experiences as a chambermaid and her latest employment at the Priory estate. Feeling a mix of anxiety and dissatisfaction, she details her arrival, first impressions of her new masters, Monsieur and Madame Lanlaire, and her disdain for the mundanity and hypocrisy surrounding her. Her observations on the disparaging attitudes of both her employers and fellow servants, along with the satire of bourgeois norms, hint at deeper issues of class and morality that will be explored throughout the diary. Célestine's character is complex; she is both proud and vulnerable, conveying a yearning to break free from the constraints of her position while simultaneously entangled in the very fabric of the social hierarchy she critiques. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 619120 619122 2024-10-18T14:26:07.852999 2023-09-19T09:47:28.946839 text/html text/html 603196 2024-04-03T20:54:45 text/html 313872 2024-10-18T14:26:18.216953 application/epub+zip 324409 2024-10-18T14:26:11.131011 application/epub+zip 304780 2024-10-18T14:26:09.786013 application/epub+zip 552928 2024-10-18T14:26:23.513929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536930 2024-10-18T14:26:17.371970 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513204 2022-09-20T08:10:16.181038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596548 596564 2024-10-18T14:26:06.202016 2023-09-19T09:47:27.488823 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 576788 2024-04-03T21:28:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17829 2024-10-18T14:26:23.644932 application/rdf+xml 13882 2024-10-18T14:26:10.371983 image/jpeg 3646 2024-10-18T14:26:10.091988 image/jpeg 310261 2024-10-18T14:26:07.906994 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia