Project Gutenberg 2025-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 161 Lenormand, H.-R. (Henri-René) 1882 1951 Lenormand, H.-R. (Henri-Rene) Lenormand, Henry-René Lenormand, Henri-René 20016187 Le penseur et la crétine : $b récits $aParis :$bCrès, $c1920. Le penseur et la crétine -- Printemps marocain -- A l'ecart -- La plus malheureuse -- La piémontaise -- La métisse -- L'ami des jaunes -- Le col. Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Le penseur et la crétine : récits" by H.-R. Lenormand is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The book examines the lives and inner worlds of various characters as they confront the limits of intellect, happiness, culture, and the boundaries between thought, instinct, and society. Through philosophically infused narratives, it explores questions about the human condition, such as the sources of suffering, the meaning of happiness, and the nature of artistic creation, often in stark or exotic settings. The opening of the book introduces Auvernier, an intellectual and writer retreating to a remote mountain village to finish his much-anticipated philosophical work about happiness and thought. Immersed in a rustic environment among so-called "inferior" villagers marked by poverty and superstition, Auvernier methodically observes their lives, focusing on a local woman with intellectual disability—the "crétine." As he witnesses her simple pleasures, his faith in the supremacy of thought and cultivated happiness is shaken, leading to existential doubt about the value and reach of intellect. The subsequent story moves to Morocco, following British expatriates and their uneasy interactions with local customs and mysticism, foregrounding cultural misunderstandings and the limits of rational benevolence. The narrative then shifts again, this time to the life of a sensitive, alienated artist in North Africa, exploring the connection between creativity, desire, and suffering. Overall, the opening stories interrogate the presumed superiority of intellect, the vulnerability of ideals, and the complex realities faced by individuals in unfamiliar or marginal situations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://books.google.com/books?id=UYQMAQAAMAAJ 20240921071215lenormand 1920 FR Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 301499 2025-07-30T05:15:58.276405 text/html 276587 2025-04-04T17:08:20 text/html 292741 2025-07-30T05:16:03.400310 application/epub+zip 292056 2025-07-30T05:15:59.273340 application/epub+zip 231913 2025-07-30T05:15:58.796361 application/epub+zip 466626 2025-07-30T05:16:06.611313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446733 2025-07-30T05:16:02.948375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277107 2025-07-30T05:15:57.751390 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 257203 2025-04-04T17:08:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16904 2025-07-30T05:16:06.755302 application/rdf+xml 12824 2025-07-30T05:15:58.989369 image/jpeg 2486 2025-07-30T05:15:58.894336 image/jpeg 243764 2025-07-30T05:15:58.305354 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