Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 192 Tavernier, E. Edouard Histoires grises Plutarque -- La carrière d'Arsay-Lancourt -- La saisie -- Boum. Produced by W. Debeuf "Histoires grises" by E. Edouard Tavernier is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows a man named Plutarque, whose ordinary day reveals the struggles of the impoverished as he navigates life beneath the weight of social expectations and personal history. At the start of the novel, we meet Plutarque in a Parisian setting, carrying out his daily life as a cab driver or "commissionnaire." Characterized by reflective thoughts, he experiences moments of minor joy, such as enjoying a decent meal or finding temporary shelter, contrasted with memories of past hardships. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for his complex character, revealing how his circumstances have shaped him. As he grapples with memories of both a better past and harsh realities, he finds himself caught in a series of quotidian yet significant events that trouble him psychologically, hinting at deeper themes of identity, societal perception, and survival amidst the gray moral landscape of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr French fiction Short stories, French PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 244707 2025-06-03T06:05:07.563756 text/html 270900 2012-09-10T19:59:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 91929 2012-09-10T20:08:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 158728 2025-06-03T06:05:12.909837 application/epub+zip 161507 2025-06-03T06:05:09.323776 application/epub+zip 161506 2025-06-03T06:05:08.196772 application/epub+zip 310156 2025-06-03T06:05:15.902715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294135 2025-06-03T06:05:12.248701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274913 2022-09-03T09:16:43.165145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231075 2025-06-03T06:05:06.654897 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 225758 2012-09-10T19:59:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 87168 2012-09-10T20:08:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 225749 2012-09-10T19:59:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85654 2012-09-10T20:08:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19978 2025-06-03T06:05:16.178687 application/rdf+xml 14035 2025-06-03T06:05:08.729769 image/jpeg 3572 2025-06-03T06:05:08.461730 image/jpeg 155919 2025-06-03T06:05:07.588761 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