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Putois

Anatole France

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Putois, my daughter, was a gardener. The son of honest market-gardeners, he set up for himself as nurseryman at Saint-Omer. But he did not satisfy his customers and got in a bad way. Having given up business, he went out by the day. Those who employed him could not always congratulate themselves."

At this, Mademoiselle Bergeret, laughing, rejoined;

"Do you recall, Lucien, when our father could not find his ink, his pens, his sealing-wax, his scissors, he said: 'I suspect Putois has been here'?"

"Ah!" said Monsieur Bergeret, "Putois had not a good reputation."

"Is that all?" asked Pauline.

"No, my daughter, it is not all. Putois was remarkable in this, that while we knew him and were familiar with him, nevertheless—"

"—He did not exist," said Zoe.

Monsieur Bergeret looked at his sister with an air of reproach.

"What a speech, Zoe! and why break the charm like that? Do you d. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Σύντομο, περιεκτικό, ευκολοδιάβαστο, αριστουργηματικό μέσα στην απλότητα του. Στα ελληνικά κυκλοφορεί με τον τίτλο, «Το μεγαλείο της Δικαιοσύνης».

A very short little book, not much more than a short story. This is about Crainquebille, an impoverished vegetable seller, who pushes his cart through the city streets peddling cabbages, carrots, turnips and leeks. One day he is confronted by a police officer and told to move on but fails to do so a

Pas vraiment un roman, mais une triste petite histoire, un commentaire sur un système judiciaire qui n'est pas vraiment juste, et une société dont le jugement est encore plus sévère que la loi. Écrit il y a plus d'un siècle, elle reste vraie aujourd'hui. "Plus ça change..."
Not really a novel, but a

This book of social satire was developed as a consequence of the Dreyfus incident, where the underlying anti-Semitism of France was brought into public view. Originally written in 1903 as a comedy in three acts, the main character of Crainquebille (old Bill of Paris) is a poor street vendor of vege

"Imitation lies at the root of most human actions. A respectable person is one who conforms to custom. People are called good when they do as others do."

A wise and timely meditation on social justice, stereotype threat, sophistry, and the consistently mistaken belief that we have moved beyond religi