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Parisians in the Country
Honoré de Balzac
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At these words the enemies embraced.
"Monsieur," said the traveller, "your joke was rather rough, but it was a good one for all that. I am sorry I apostrophized you: I was excited. I regard you as a man of honor."
"Monsieur, we take twenty subscriptions to the 'Children's Journal,'" replied the dyer, still pale.
"That being so," said Gaudissart, "why shouldn't we all breakfast together? Men who fight are always the ones to come to a good understanding."
"Monsieur Mitouflet," said Gaudissart on his return to the inn, "of course you have got a sheriff's officer here?"
"What for?"
"I want to send a summons to my good friend Margaritis to deliver the two casks of wine."
"But he has not got them," said Vernier.
"No matter for that; the affair can be arranged by the payment of an indemnity. I won't have it said that Vouvray outwitted. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
The first of these titles is a satiric story about a traveling salesman, whom Balzac depicts as the representative of a depraved epoch but who meets his comeuppance at the hands of clever provincials.
The second is a long and meandering novel about an intelligent young woman with the biblical name o
Comment l’Illustre Gaudissart manquât de se faire rouler à Vouvray…
Gaudissart ist eine sehr amüsante Geschichte. Ein ehemaliger Hut-Händler verkauft Versicherungen und Zeitungsabonnements in der Provinz. Unter andern an einen "Irren", der ihm im Gegenzug 2 Fässer Wein andreht, die er gar nicht besitzt.
Die Muse ist leider eher missraten. Eine Provinzschönheit, Dinah