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 Project Gutenberg 2016-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 524 Kolney, Fernand 1868 Le salon de Madame Truphot: moeurs littéraires 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 Salon de Madame Truphot: moeurs littéraires" by Fernand Kolney is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unveils the intricate social dynamics within a bourgeois literary salon, centered around the titular character, Madame Truphot, who seeks to maintain her influence over artists and intellectuals despite her advancing age and fading prominence. The narrative explores themes of ambition, social status, and the quest for artistic recognition amidst the absurdities of literary life. The opening of the novel introduces Médéric Boutorgne, a struggling writer who frequents the café Napolitain, a hub for various writers and journalists. His character is portrayed as an eager but unsuccessful participant in the literary world, haunted by his inability to achieve any substantial recognition. The narrative sets the tone for a satirical examination of the literary society of Paris, revealing the myriad eccentricities and follies of its characters, including the flamboyant Madame Truphot and her unsatisfied quest for relevance. As Boutorgne prepares to attend one of her salons, the reader is immersed in a world rife with ambition, longing, and comedic misadventures that define the era's cultural landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature 980577 2025-07-20T16:05:45.410014 text/html 969140 2024-10-23T00:24:34 text/html 485253 2025-07-20T16:05:56.036933 application/epub+zip 489589 2025-07-20T16:05:47.206979 application/epub+zip 478791 2025-07-20T16:05:46.328992 application/epub+zip 729377 2025-07-20T16:06:03.028901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 659330 2025-07-20T16:05:55.115972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 648932 2022-09-23T16:26:51.404271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 916241 2025-07-20T16:05:44.361024 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 896197 2024-10-23T00:24:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17421 2025-07-20T16:06:03.178888 application/rdf+xml 18532 2025-07-20T16:05:46.421981 image/jpeg 3480 2025-07-20T16:05:46.377977 image/jpeg 426640 2025-07-20T16:05:45.496988 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia