Project Gutenberg 2014-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 148 Gasté, Armand 1838 1902 Gaste, Armand Diderot et le Curé de Montchauvet Une mystification littéraire chez le baron d'Holbach, 1754 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) "Diderot et le Curé de Montchauvet" by Armand Gasté is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the interactions between the obscure poet-curé of Montchauvet and the prominent Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot, focusing on a literary mystification that took place among the Parisian intellectual elite during the mid-18th century. The narrative follows Abbé Le Petit, the curé of Montchauvet, who, feeling stifled by the dullness of rural life, travels to Paris with hopes of gaining fame as a poet. After a chance encounter with Diderot, he desperately seeks the philosopher's validation for his lengthy madrigal. Diderot, while initially patronizing, eventually introduces Le Petit to a circle of influential thinkers, setting the stage for a satirical reading of the curé's tragedy "David et Bethsabée." The reading becomes a comedic spectacle as the audience, knowing of the curé's lack of talent, mocks him under the guise of admiration. The book serves as a critique of artistic pretension and the fragility of the human ego in the face of social scrutiny, highlighting the clash between genuine artistic aspiration and the laughter of a skeptical society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44723/44723-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 Le Petit, Jean Baptiste, 1720?-1788 PQ Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 103047 2025-07-18T07:17:03.866270 text/html 80652 2024-10-24T00:53:32 text/html 89396 2025-07-18T07:17:06.696265 application/epub+zip 89432 2025-07-18T07:17:04.492263 application/epub+zip 83714 2025-07-18T07:17:04.168263 application/epub+zip 139319 2025-07-18T07:17:08.432246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126272 2025-07-18T07:17:06.381249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120895 2022-09-20T12:15:34.454901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 80283 2025-07-18T07:17:03.597273 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60286 2024-10-24T00:53:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17769 2025-07-18T07:17:08.554250 application/rdf+xml 13041 2025-07-18T07:17:04.240282 image/jpeg 2478 2025-07-18T07:17:04.205258 image/jpeg 80331 2025-07-18T07:17:03.879276 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 fr.wikipedia