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" John Baxter is] a man with a great appreciation of what makes Paris tick." -- Newsday A "flip book" featuring two classic novels of sexual exploration, translated from French by John Baxter ( Immoveable Feast, We'll Always Have Paris ): Octave Mirbeau's The Diary of a Chambermaid... Read Full Overview

A sharp, unsparing portrait of a city and its shadows. A chambermaid's diary becomes a fearless probe into power, poverty and desire in fin de siecle Paris. This classic french novella dissects the industrial era's social machinery with wit, warmth and an unflinching gaze. Through... Read Full Overview

A French chambermaid, who has served in Paris, in the houses of the nobility, the bourgeois, and professional people, finally enters the service of a rich couple living in the country, and there begins to keep a diary. In describing the events of her daily life and the people... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: A Chambermaid's Diary by Octave Mirbeau

Reproduction of the original: A Chambermaid's Diary by Octave Mirbeau

"Le Journal d'une femme de chambre" d'Octave Mirbeau est un roman qui explore les dessous de la soci t bourgeoise travers les yeux de C lestine, une femme de chambre. Le r cit commence par l'arriv e de C lestine dans sa nouvelle place en Normandie, chez les Lanlaire, un couple... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Cette oeuvre ( dition reli ) fait partie de la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d' dition tredition, bas e Hambourg, a publi dans la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux mill naires. Ils taient pour la plupart puis s ou uniquement disponible chez... Read Full Overview

C?lestine a quitt? Paris pour prendre son service en tant que domestique dans une famille bourgeoise de Normandie. Elle confie ses ressentis, ses aventures et m?saventures dans un journal. Jeux de pouvoirs entre les ma?tres et les domestiques, abus et soumissions ou r?bellion... Read Full Overview

A chambermaid's diary, (1900). This book, "A chambermaid's diary", by Octave Mirbeau, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, is a replication of a book originally published before 1900. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the... Read Full Overview