Project Gutenberg 2013-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 328 Mirbeau, Octave 1848 1917 Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson 1854 1939 Tucker, Benjamin R. A Chambermaid's Diary Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Chambermaid_(novel) 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.) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 619246 2025-07-18T03:57:24.394031 text/html 603196 2024-10-23T20:03:39 text/html 313937 2025-07-18T03:57:33.547002 application/epub+zip 324387 2025-07-18T03:57:27.351032 application/epub+zip 304756 2025-07-18T03:57:26.097016 application/epub+zip 552894 2025-07-18T03:57:38.229953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536950 2025-07-18T03:57:32.808974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513204 2022-09-20T08:10:16.181038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596549 2025-07-18T03:57:23.142078 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 576783 2024-10-23T20:03:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17733 2025-07-18T03:57:38.363969 application/rdf+xml 13882 2025-07-18T03:57:26.592029 image/jpeg 3646 2025-07-18T03:57:26.343997 image/jpeg 310298 2025-07-18T03:57:24.445069 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia