A Chambermaid's Diary by Octave Mirbeau

"A Chambermaid's Diary" by Octave Mirbeau is a novel published in 1900. Presented as the diary of Célestine, a chambermaid, the work exposes the hidden perversions and hypocrisies of French high society through the eyes of a servant. As she moves between households, Célestine witnesses the moral corruption of the wealthy classes, ultimately concluding that "decent people" are often more vile than criminals. Mirbeau's subversive narrative denounces domestic service as modern slavery while challenging traditional novel conventions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917
Translator Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson, 1854-1939
Title A Chambermaid's Diary
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Chambermaid_(novel)
Credits Produced by Clare Graham & Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject French fiction -- Translations into English
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EBook-No. 44303
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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