Project Gutenberg 2010-08-12 Public domain in the USA. 174 Furetière, Antoine 1619 1688 Furetiere, Antoine Fournier, Edouard 1819 1880 Fournier, Édouard Asselineau, Charles 1820 1874 ca11002696 Le roman bourgeois: Ouvrage comique Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roman_bourgeois Produced by Pierre Lacaze 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) "Le roman bourgeois: Ouvrage comique" by Antoine Furetière is a comedic novel likely written in the late 17th century. The work provides a satirical portrayal of the lives, loves, and social interactions of the bourgeois of Paris. It aims to reflect and critique the behaviors and social status of this emerging class, focusing on various characters, including an advocate named Nicodème and a young woman named Javotte. The opening of the novel sets the stage by introducing a humorous narrative style, where Furetière prepares to tell the stories of ordinary Parisian bourgeois characters, devoid of the grandeur found in typical heroic tales. He dismisses the need for flowery descriptions and dramatic invocations common to the literary style of his time. The narrative then shifts to a bustling scene at the Place Maubert, where various events unfold involving young men and women, leading to the budding romance between Nicodème and Javotte. The initial interactions are characterized by misunderstandings and comedic exchanges, illustrating the social dynamics and awkward romance typical of the bourgeois life Furetière intends to critique. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature 671436 2025-06-13T14:10:10.628477 text/html 663123 2010-08-12T14:47:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 245800 2010-08-12T14:47:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 340844 2025-06-13T14:10:22.232426 application/epub+zip 354671 2025-06-13T14:10:14.696481 application/epub+zip 333926 2025-06-13T14:10:13.133509 application/epub+zip 643425 2025-06-13T14:10:27.638420 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630243 2025-06-13T14:10:21.231408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 542156 2022-09-15T09:45:55.255337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622691 2025-06-13T14:10:09.802489 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 613795 2010-08-12T14:47:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 235779 2010-08-12T14:47:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20846 2025-06-13T14:10:28.072404 application/rdf+xml 17639 2025-06-13T14:10:13.738473 image/jpeg 4108 2025-06-13T14:10:13.437489 image/jpeg 332589 2025-06-13T14:10:10.693497 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 fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia