Chambermaid's Diary

Name: Chambermaid's Diary
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ISBN: 9781494355135

ISBN-10: 1494355132

ISBN-13: 9781494355135

Edition: N/A

Authors: Octave Mirbeau, Benjamin Tucker

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A French chambermaid, who has served in Paris, in the houses of the nobility, the bourgeois, and professional people, finally enters the service of a rich couple living in the country, and there begins to keep a diary. In describing the events of her daily life and the people about her, she is frequently reminded of episodes in her past, and digresses to relate them. Thus her diary becomes a piquant panorama of social life and institutions. It is a terrific social exposure, a grim social satire, crammed with humor, bitterness, and truth. It has been described by a French critic as "an attempt to show that nearly all the masters are low-lived wretches, and that nearly all the servants are as…

Book details

List price: $12.89
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 12/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English