Le roman bourgeois: Ouvrage comique by Antoine Furetière
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Furetière, Antoine, 1619-1688
French
"Le roman bourgeois: Ouvrage comique" by Antoine Furetière is a novel published in 1666. This groundbreaking work abandons traditional romance plots to present interconnected sketches of middle-class Parisian life. The first part follows naive Javotte and her suitors, alongside cunning Lucrèce, exposing greed, foolishness, and vanity. The second pa...
challenged conventional storytelling with its deliberately fragmented structure and unflinching mockery of bourgeois pretensions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Sarah Williams
3 months agoFrom a casual reader’s perspective, the plot twists are genuinely surprising without feeling cheap or forced. Absolutely essential reading.
Linda Flores
1 month agoIn my opinion, the atmosphere created by the descriptive language is totally immersive. I couldn't put it down until the very end.
Carol Torres
5 months agoWithout a doubt, the logical flow of arguments makes it an essential resource for research. I learned so much from this.
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Daniel Allen
2 weeks agoI’ve read many books on this subject, and the clarity of explanations makes revisiting sections worthwhile. It was exactly what I needed right now.