Project Gutenberg 2025-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 220 Auriol, George 1863 1938 Huyot, Jean Georges Huyot, Jean-Georges Bernard, Tristan 1866 1947 Bernard, Paul Courteline, Georges 1858 1929 Moinaux, Georges Victor Marcel Renard, Jules 1864 1910 Renard, Pierre Jules Veber, Pierre 1869 1942 Veber, Pierre-Eugène Veber, Pierre-Eugene X... Roman impromptu $aParis :$bErnest Flammarion, $c1927. Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/X..._roman_impromptu Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "X... Roman impromptu" by Auriol, Bernard, Courteline, Renard, and Veber is a collaborative novel written in the late 19th century. The book is a comic, improvisational narrative crafted by five prominent humorists, each contributing serial chapters without a predetermined plot or subject. The story revolves around the character X..., a man rendered officially nonexistent after being presumed dead for ten years, and the absurdities that ensue as he attempts to reclaim his place in Parisian society and within his own marriage. The novel seems to blend parody, social satire, and farcical situations, making it appealing for readers interested in playful, inventive storytelling and French literary wit. The opening of "X... Roman impromptu" introduces both the playful spirit of the project and its main characters. It begins with a meta-explanation of the book’s collaborative and improvisational concept, laying out its rules and embracing the unpredictability of joint authorship. The story then follows X..., a man returned to Paris after years presumed dead, who tries to reintegrate into his former life—only to find that he is now a legal and social phantom without a name or place. Early chapters rapidly spiral into farce: X... discusses his predicament with a police commissioner, confronts his estranged wife and her lover, and contemplates the ironies of his situation. Alongside these encounters, episodes shift with comedic abruptness—one minute focusing on the existential confusion of X..., the next shadowing the misadventures of his wife’s lover as he wanders Paris. The tone is humorous and lively, marked by quick changes in perspective and style, showcasing the authors' satirical edge and their delight in literary gamesmanship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/xromanimprompt00auri/ 20231125051723auriol 1927 FR Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Humorous stories French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature 382851 2025-07-30T06:06:52.787011 text/html 356501 2025-04-27T09:12:00 text/html 427626 2025-07-30T06:07:00.190959 application/epub+zip 427166 2025-07-30T06:06:54.077130 application/epub+zip 274408 2025-07-30T06:06:53.464018 application/epub+zip 733576 2025-07-30T06:07:04.565970 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 702216 2025-07-30T06:06:59.616990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333602 2025-07-30T06:06:51.542062 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 313642 2025-04-27T09:12:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20762 2025-07-30T06:07:04.753962 application/rdf+xml 13280 2025-07-30T06:06:53.675034 image/jpeg 2217 2025-07-30T06:06:53.570023 image/jpeg 353856 2025-07-30T06:06:52.835001 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia