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 |
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| 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 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 44303 |
| Release Date | Nov 28, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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