Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 200 Silvestre, Armand 1837 1901 Silvestre, Paul-Armand Sylvestre, Armand Silvestre, A. (Armand) Sylvestre, Paul Armand Kauffmann, P. Contes irrévérencieux L'Invité -- Angélique -- Emballé -- Phonographe -- Le Hanneton -- La Boule -- Chabirou -- La Salière -- Malcousinat -- Tous farceurs -- Le Perroquet -- Conte vertueux -- Amany -- Restitution -- Sur le terrain -- Les Bottes -- L'Arche -- Madame Antoine -- L'Izard -- Démocratie -- Pasie -- L'Orage -- Vieux amis -- L'Invité. Produced by Tonya Allen, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "Contes irrévérencieux" by Armand Silvestre is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. This work presents a satirical exploration of societal norms and human nature, featuring characters deeply entrenched in the follies and failures of their lives, particularly through the lens of absurdity and irony. At the start of the collection, the narrative introduces M. Rodamour, an aging bureaucrat living in the somewhat melancholic town of Lafouillouze-en-Vexin. He yearns for social acceptance and a sumptuous dinner invitation from the baron de Picpus, hoping to secure a taste of the refined life he perceives his peers enjoy. After much anxiety over social decorum and romantic aspirations toward the baroness, M. Rodamour finally receives a coveted invitation; however, just as he prepares for a night of glory, the dinner is abruptly canceled, leading to his public humiliation and deepening his feeling of isolation. This opening sets a comedic yet poignant tone, highlighting the themes of desire, social ambition, and the often-cruel reality of human relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Category: Short Stories Category: Humour Category: French Literature 290431 2025-08-05T13:53:31.216313 text/html 261924 2024-10-28T19:08:55 text/html 3102857 2025-08-05T13:53:48.812190 application/epub+zip 3108789 2025-08-05T13:53:39.271260 application/epub+zip 172115 2025-08-05T13:53:33.133297 application/epub+zip 3018021 2025-08-05T13:53:52.472271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2991436 2025-08-05T13:53:43.135342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297467 2022-09-06T18:42:24.832828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266484 2025-08-05T13:53:30.333306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 246511 2024-10-28T19:08:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17938 2025-08-05T13:53:52.648175 application/rdf+xml 13231 2025-08-05T13:53:33.643261 image/jpeg 3399 2025-08-05T13:53:33.386258 image/jpeg 2911906 2025-08-05T13:53:31.368342 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia