Project Gutenberg 2016-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 187 About, Edmond 1828 1885 About, Edmond François Valentin Abu, Edmond About, E. (Edmond) Avout, Edmondos Ampou, Edmondos About, Edmond Francois Valentin Le nez d'un notaire Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Nez_d%27un_notaire Produced by Giovanni Fini, Clarity 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) "Le Nez d'un Notaire" by Edmond About is a comedic novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Maître Alfred L'Ambert, a successful notary in France who experiences a not-so-pleasant incident that leads to a dramatic alteration of his facial appearance. The narrative explores themes of identity, societal norms, and the pursuit of status through the lens of L'Ambert's misadventures, blending humor with social commentary. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Maître Alfred L'Ambert, described as the epitome of elegance and success as a notary, with a strikingly aquiline nose that he takes great pride in. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally injures a client, Ayvaz-Bey, during a chance encounter, leading to a duel challenge. The ensuing chaos involves a comical pursuit of L'Ambert's severed nose after it is lost in a scuffle with a cat. The opening sets the stage for a series of humorous events that reflect L'Ambert's vanity, arrogance, and the absurdity of social conventions in his world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Humour FR Littérature Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature 207156 2025-07-20T14:51:48.387149 text/html 189054 2024-10-23T00:19:23 text/html 191749 2025-07-20T14:51:52.668121 application/epub+zip 202444 2025-07-20T14:51:49.231136 application/epub+zip 143446 2025-07-20T14:51:48.805139 application/epub+zip 269586 2025-07-20T14:51:55.227120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240325 2025-07-20T14:51:52.236115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182074 2022-09-23T14:35:39.543538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176317 2025-07-20T14:51:48.036123 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156466 2024-10-23T00:19:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18287 2025-07-20T14:51:55.360094 application/rdf+xml 22181 2025-07-20T14:51:48.878126 image/jpeg 3397 2025-07-20T14:51:48.842119 image/jpeg 174905 2025-07-20T14:51:48.416147 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