Project Gutenberg 2016-10-21 Public domain in the USA. 161 Pailleron, Edouard 1834 1899 Pailleron, Édouard Jules Henri Clark, Barrett H. (Barrett Harper) 1890 1953 Clark, Barrett Harper Le monde où l'on s'ennuie. English The Art of Being Bored: A Comedy in Three Acts Produced by MFR, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Art of Being Bored: A Comedy in Three Acts" by Edouard Pailleron is a play written in the late 19th century. The story is set within the social circles of Parisian life, highlighting the interactions among characters who embody various societal roles and aspirations. The central characters include Paul and Jeanne, a newlywed couple navigating the complexities of social expectations and the artifice of high society. The beginning of the play introduces the audience to a drawing-room at Madame de Céran's château, where the dynamics of social interactions unfold. Paul, a sub-prefect, advises his wife Jeanne on how to comport herself in this influential circle, emphasizing the need for decorum and subtlety. As various guests arrive, including their host and a collection of socialites, themes of political ambition, societal expectations, and the struggle against ennui begin to emerge. The opening sets a humorous yet critical tone toward the superficiality of their interactions, suggesting that the art of being bored is a central concern of the characters' lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays French drama -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: French Literature 289734 2025-07-21T09:26:02.745547 text/html 268895 2024-10-23T01:17:06 text/html 202934 2025-07-21T09:26:09.188485 application/epub+zip 205266 2025-07-21T09:26:03.677539 application/epub+zip 146339 2025-07-21T09:26:03.196509 application/epub+zip 312786 2025-07-21T09:26:12.162549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280370 2025-07-21T09:26:08.720526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222210 2022-09-24T08:16:08.167299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185408 2025-07-21T09:26:01.424581 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165354 2024-10-23T01:17:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18021 2025-07-21T09:26:12.304463 application/rdf+xml 23225 2025-07-21T09:26:03.306526 image/jpeg 2506 2025-07-21T09:26:03.251506 image/jpeg 186288 2025-07-21T09:26:02.769526 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