Project Gutenberg 2016-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 60 Véron, Pierre 1833 1900 Veron, Pierre Le panthéon de poche 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 Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Le panthéon de poche" by Pierre Véron is a biographical collection written in the late 19th century. This work presents a series of satirical reflections on notable figures of the time, exploring their characteristics, achievements, and societal perceptions in a blend of humor and critique. The text appears to juxtapose grandeur with modesty, suggesting a diversion from the conventional, grandiose representations often found in traditional biographies. The opening of the book introduces its unique format, presenting a series of brief and pointed sketches on various individuals, akin to the entries in a dictionary or a hall of fame. Each entry combines physical descriptions with witty critiques or observations regarding the subjects' talents, personalities, and societal roles. For example, Abd-el-Kader is depicted as a once-great patriot now reduced to being merely a shadow of his former self, while other figures are characterized with clever analogies and humor. This approach provides a distinctive take on historical and contemporary personalities, setting the tone for a light yet piercing commentary on the nature of fame, recognition, and the complexity of human character in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- Biography -- Anecdotes France -- Biography -- Humor PQ Text FR Humour FR Littérature Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 260496 260497 2024-09-22T03:34:28.630580 2023-09-22T14:52:13.670856 text/html text/html 260487 2016-07-07T10:44:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 115578 2016-07-07T10:44:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164678 2024-09-22T03:34:35.843535 application/epub+zip 163000 2024-09-22T03:34:29.821586 application/epub+zip 163000 2024-09-22T03:34:29.198584 application/epub+zip 255111 2024-09-22T03:34:39.852564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204245 2024-09-22T03:34:35.139552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204487 2022-09-23T22:37:29.883692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186301 186079 2024-09-22T03:34:27.068619 2023-09-22T14:52:12.250849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 186555 2016-07-07T10:44:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 77589 2016-07-07T10:44:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19449 2024-09-22T03:34:39.998519 application/rdf+xml 11537 2024-09-22T03:34:29.307575 image/jpeg 2356 2024-09-22T03:34:29.253580 image/jpeg 117532 2024-09-22T03:34:28.652586 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