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袛薪械胁薪懈泻褗褌 薪邪 械写薪邪 泻邪屑械褉懈械褉泻邪

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袣薪懈谐邪褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 锌褍斜谢懈泻褍胁邪屑 锌芯写 蟹邪谐谢邪胁懈械 鈥炐斝叫敌残叫感貉娧� 薪邪 械写薪邪 泻邪屑械褉懈械褉泻邪鈥�, 薪邪懈褋褌懈薪邪 械 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 芯褌 谐芯褋锌芯卸懈褑邪 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 袪., 泻邪屑械褉懈械褉泻邪. 孝褟 屑械 锌芯屑芯谢懈 胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 写邪 芯谐谢械写邪屑 褉褗泻芯锌懈褋邪, 写邪 谐芯 锌芯锌褉邪胁褟, 薪褟泻芯懈 褔邪褋褌懈 写邪 薪邪锌懈褕邪 薪邪薪芯胁芯, 芯褌褗锌褉胁芯 芯褌泻邪蟹邪褏, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 锌褉械褑械薪懈褏, 褔械 泻邪泻褌芯 褋懈 械, 褋 褑褟谢邪褌邪 屑褍 褉邪蟹谐芯谢械薪芯褋褌, 写薪械胁薪懈泻褗褌 褋懈 懈屑邪 褋胁芯褟 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢薪芯褋褌, 芯褋芯斜械薪 胁泻褍褋 懈 邪蟹 屑芯谐邪 褋邪屑芯 写邪 谐芯 芯斜械蟹谢懈褔邪, 鈥炐垦€懈斜邪胁褟泄泻懈 薪械褖芯 芯褌 屑械薪鈥�. 袧芯 谐芯褋锌芯卸懈褑邪 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 袪. 斜械褕械 写芯褋褌邪 褏褍斜邪胁邪... 孝褟 薪邪褋褌芯褟. 袠 邪蟹 芯褌褋褌褗锌懈褏, 屑褗卸 褋褗屑 胁 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 泻褉邪懈褖邪褌邪...
袩褉懈蟹薪邪胁邪屑, 褔械 褋谐褉械褕懈褏, 懈蟹锌褗谢薪褟胁邪泄泻懈 屑芯谢斜邪褌邪 泄, 褌.械. 锌芯褋褌邪胁褟泄泻懈 褌褍泻-褌邪屑 锌芯 薪械褖芯, 褋械 芯锌邪褋褟胁邪屑 写邪 薪械 斜懈 屑邪谢泻芯 写邪 褋褗屑 锌褉懈褌褗锌懈谢 褟蟹胁懈褌械谢薪邪褌邪 写芯薪褟泻褗写械 锌褉械谢械褋褌 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪, 写邪 褋褗屑 芯褌褋谢邪斜懈谢 锌械褔邪谢薪芯褌芯 泄 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁懈械 懈 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 - 写邪 薪械 褋褗屑 锌芯写屑械薪懈谢 褋 芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 胁褗谢薪械薪懈褟褌邪 懈 卸懈胁芯褌邪, 褋褗写褗褉卸邪褖懈 褋械 胁 褌械蟹懈 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈...
袩懈褕邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪褌芯 锌褉械写胁邪褉懈褌械谢械薪 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉 薪邪 胁褗蟹褉邪卸械薪懈褟褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 械写胁邪 谢懈 褖械 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪褌 写邪 芯褌锌褉邪胁褟褌 薪褟泻芯懈 写芯褋褌芯谢械锌薪懈, 屑薪芯谐芯 褍褔械薪懈... 懈 胁 薪邪泄-胁懈褋褕邪 褋褌械锌械薪 斜谢邪谐芯褉芯写薪懈 泻褉懈褌懈褑懈!... ~ 袨.袦.
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袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 械泻褉邪薪懈蟹懈褉邪薪邪 锌褉械蟹 1964 谐. 褋 褍褔邪褋褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 袞邪薪邪 袦芯褉芯 懈 袦懈褕械谢 袩懈泻芯谢懈 锌芯写 褉械卸懈褋褍褉邪褌邪 薪邪 袥褍懈褋 袘褍薪褞械谢.

296 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1900

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Octave Mirbeau

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Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages.

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December 26, 2019
Mirbeau's chambermaid, Celestine R., is an extravagant creation who lodges in the imagination as you plunge into his ironic and always subversive critique of French life in 1900. A worldly tease, she's a vulnerable, manipulative, defiant and highly sexed star in his "theatre of deceit." Though somewhat of a bigot, Celestine remains likeable - an achievement in itself - while being unaware of the bitter twist that grips her final situation.

This is a dark social comedy. Mirbeau's own life, which got off to a bad start with his being raped by Jesuit priests as a teen, made him see the world as a torture garden where "passions, greed, religion, social institutions were monstrous flowers." He was an anarchist who defied conventions : his contempt for authority defined him as a journalist, novelist and playwright. (He became very rich).
With Zola, he attacked anti-semitism (the Dreyfus case), and was appalled by the behavior of human beings. An acute observer of all classes, he delivers unsparing criticism of people he saw and knew or knew about. I would call this Diary a "bloody" satire. Bloody because there's a savage murder that goes unpunished. Celestine believes she knows the killer--.

Filmmakers Renoir and Bunuel did their own versions of "Chambermaid" that only vaguely follow the book. They both found his ending unacceptable (or the censors did). But Mirbeau's finale makes the novel a "classic" of modernity. It foreshadows the ambiguity of Pinter and the transgressions of Genet.

The saucy Celestine is stationed with a cold, childless married couple in Normandy when she starts her diary and then, veering away from a chronological story, Mirbeau has her remembering past scenes (and abuses) with other households. This structure shattered the literary "realistic" formula of the day. Some memories focus on vice, like overhearing a madame describe a brothel scene where she watches two hunchbacks having sex. "You should see them! Nothing's more exciting." Some are hilarious: while traveling a grand madame refuses to open a jewel case because her dildo is there, carefully packed. Others are troubling: another madame encourages Celestine to take care of her grandson, 19, who is dying of TB. Mirbeau avoids all descriptions of sex, but soon Celestine and the sickly youth are entwined. After a session, "from his mouth...a flow of blood hit my face." Months later she wonders if she contracted the disease. How does she stop the torment of desire? Easily: "with my own caresses."

Within the Norman house is a gardener-coachman named Joseph, a dark, virile, ugly man (and raging anti-semite) who beguiles Celestine. Drawn to him, she trembles in his presence. "I will not, I cannot, love this man. No, no, it is not possible. And yet it is possible, and it is true."

I deplore Identity Politics and Identity Art. In this mostly forgotten novel, Mirbeau's first-person diary of a chambermaid seems unique; he is psychologically convincing throughout. His characters tolerate depravity "as a cherry tree bears cherries." There is not a whisper of sentiment here for anyone. Written in sedate prose, you will not find an overwrought word or soft interlude. Mirbeau destroys our illusions about people we know. Shall I mention the monsieur with a shoe fetish found dead with one of Celestine's shoes clamped in his mouth?
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Un roman tr猫s tranche de vie, tr猫s ancr茅 dans son 茅poque鈥� il ne conviendra donc pas 脿 ceux qui aiment l鈥檃ction sans r茅pit, mais pour ma part un livre atmosph茅rique, plus centr茅 sur l鈥櫭﹖ude de personnage et des id茅es v茅hicul茅es par l鈥檃uteur m鈥檌nt茅resse toujours d鈥檜ne fois 脿 l鈥檃utre. Les mentalit茅s de l鈥櫭﹑oque sont certainement choquantes 脿 la lecture mais elles contribuent justement 脿 laisser une forte impression. Mirbeau 茅crit magnifiquement bien! Quelques passages plus anodins auraient pu 锚tre coup茅s, et du point de vue 芦听divertissement听禄 le roman ne garde pas toujours mon attention 脿 100% mais du point du vue 芦听culture听禄 j鈥檃i ador茅 ma lecture.
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June 21, 2022
Si j鈥檃vais 茅t茅 plus famili猫re avec la biographie mouvement茅e d鈥橭ctave Mirbeau, peut-锚tre j鈥檃urais 茅t茅 moins surprise 脿 la lecture de son Journal d'une femme de chambre qui a contredit en tout temps (de lecture, bien s没r 馃槉) mon horizon d鈥檃ttente sugg茅r茅 par le titre. Mais, dans la bonne tradition que je me suis impos茅e, si je n鈥檃cquiers pas d鈥檃vance des connaissances sur un auteur ou une 艙uvre, je ne cueillis ces informations qu鈥檃pr猫s la lecture.

Je peux maintenant dire qu鈥檈n fin de compte je n鈥檃i pas 茅t茅 si 茅tonn茅e d鈥檃pprendre que l鈥櫭ヽrivain fut un anarchiste. Il y a, dans son 艙uvre, une volont茅 de d茅truire toute la conception romanesque b芒tie par ses pr茅d茅cesseurs, et n鈥檕ublions pas que nous sommes 脿 l鈥檃ube du XXe si猫cle, non 脿 sa fin ! Et il commence si doucement, si conventionnellement, avec le motif du manuscrit, souvent utilis茅 pour cr茅er l鈥檌llusion de r茅alisme dans l鈥檃rt : l鈥檃uteur nous assure que le livre a 茅t茅 vraiment 茅crit par Mlle C茅lestine R. et qu鈥檌l n鈥檃 fait que l鈥檃juster ici et l脿, 脿 contrec艙ur, 脿 l鈥檌nsistance de l鈥檃utrice. C鈥檈st peut-锚tre un des motifs pour lesquels certains critiques se sont h芒t茅s de l鈥檌nscrire parmi les r茅alistes avec des accents naturalistes.

Mais l鈥檃pproche r茅aliste se r茅v猫le tr猫s rapidement un canular, une ironie 脿 l鈥檃dresse de l鈥檃mbition des 茅crivains du c茅l猫bre courant d鈥檈ffacer les fronti猫res entre l鈥檃rt et la vie, car Mirbeau d茅nonce sarcastiquement les conventions litt茅raires, en montrant avec volupt茅 le caract猫re artificiel de l鈥檃rt, aussi sur le plan de l鈥檃ction que sur celui de la composition et du style, et en devenant ainsi un tr猫s int茅ressant pr茅curseur du postmodernisme.

Prenons, par exemple, la voix narrative, Mlle C茅lestine, le narrateur h茅ros non fiable non seulement parce qu鈥檈lle jette le doute sur certains 茅v茅nements qu鈥檈lle raconte en faisant des suppositions qui ne seront jamais 茅claircies, mais aussi 脿 cause de ses interpr茅tations trop astucieuses, trop profondes pour une femme de chambre, peu importe son 茅ducation :

鈥鈥檃vertis charitablement les personnes qui me liront que mon intention en 茅crivant ce journal et de n鈥檈mployer aucune r茅ticence, pas plus vis-脿-vis de moi-m锚me que vis-脿-vis des autres. J鈥檈ntends y mettre au contraire toute la franchise qui est en moi et, quand il le faudra, toute la brutalit茅 qui est dans la vie. Ce n鈥檈st pas de ma faute si les 芒mes, dont on arrache les voiles et qu鈥檕n montre 脿 nu, exhalent une si forte odeur de pourriture.


Ainsi, la voix narrative se confond visiblement avec celle de l鈥檃uteur, sans aucun souci de la part du dernier de la camoufler par respect aux conventions litt茅raires en vigueur 脿 ce moment-l脿.

Puis il y a une n茅gligence voulue de la coh茅rence 鈥� des petits 茅pisodes sans rapport avec l鈥檃ction principale mais qui parodient quelque actualit茅 scandaleuse du temps de Mirbeau, comme celui du triangle conjugal dans lequel le mari et l鈥檃mant se partagent la femme en invoquant leur amiti茅 qui partage tout.

Enfin, si le titre promet une critique s茅v猫re de l鈥櫬� upper class 禄 par les yeux de ceux qui ont acc猫s 脿 tous ses secrets, les serviteurs, 鈥� et la remplit pleinement, cette promesse 鈥� il promet aussi, implicitement, un contraste entre ces deux classes sociales en faveur de celle plus humble, 茅videmment 鈥� et cela n鈥檈st pas tout 脿 fait vrai : la corruption des ma卯tres est second茅e par celle des domestiques dans une perp茅tuelle comp茅tition du plus fourbe, du plus rus茅, comme on voit du sage conseil que William donne 脿 C茅lestine :

芦 Il ne faut jamais se plaindre de la b锚tise de ses ma卯tres, ma petite C茅lestine鈥� C鈥檈st la seule garantie de bonheur que nous ayons, nous autres鈥� Plus les ma卯tres sont b锚tes, plus les domestiques sont heureux鈥� 禄


C鈥檈st un monde pas mal vicieux, celui imagin茅 par Mirbeau, un monde sans aucun espoir de r茅demption, un monde o霉, comme remarquait g茅nialement No毛l Arnaud dans la pr茅face, on voyage jusqu鈥檃u 芦 bout de la naus茅e 禄. C鈥檈st pourquoi C茅lestine, si intelligente, si ironique et si fine observatrice des tares humaines, ne gagne pas la sympathie du lecteur et reste dans la zone grise qui s茅pare les h茅ros des antih茅ros. Et c鈥檈st pourquoi son passage du c么t茅 de ceux qu鈥檈lle m茅prisait nagu猫re n鈥檈st pas du tout surprenant dans ce monde o霉 chacun guette son opportunit茅 :

Nous avons trois gar莽ons pour servir les clients, une bonne 脿 tout faire pour la cuisine et pour le m茅nage, et cela marche 脿 la baguette鈥� Il est vrai qu鈥檈n trois mois nous avons chang茅 quatre fois de bonne鈥� Ce qu鈥檈lles sont exigeantes, les bonnes 脿 Cherbourg, et chapardeuses, et d茅vergond茅es !... non c鈥檈st incroyable et c鈥檈st d茅go没tant鈥�


Et finalement c鈥檈st pourquoi la lecture est un peu aride, car son message, m锚me si int茅ressant par sa nouveaut茅, est un peu trop 茅vident misanthrope. Car en l鈥檃bsence de l鈥檌ronie pour temp茅rer la laideur, les d茅fauts d茅nonc茅s deviennent trop incommodes et leur v茅rit茅 trop difficile 脿 avaler. Qu鈥檈st-ce que vous voulez, on a malheureusement besoin de tampons pour amortir la chute du paradis, on a besoin de m茅dicaments pour en contrecarrer la naus茅e.
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袝锌邪褌邪卸薪邪 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹褜泻邪 泻谢邪褋懈泻邪 褍 胁褋褨泄 褋胁芯褩泄 泻褉邪褋褨馃槒

孝械泻褋褌懈 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹褜泻懈褏 邪胁褌芯褉褨胁 蟹邪胁卸写懈 胁褨写褉褨蟹薪褟褞褌褜褋褟: 胁芯薪懈 斜褨谢褜褕 胁褨写泻褉懈褌褨, 锌芯写械泻褍写懈 褋泻邪薪写邪谢褜薪褨, 胁褨写胁械褉褌褨 褌邪 械屑芯褑褨泄薪褨. 袊褏薪褨泄 褋褌懈谢褜 褌邪泻芯卸 褨薪邪泻褕懈泄, 褑械 谢械谐泻芯 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨褌懈 蟹 锌械褉褕懈褏 卸械 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻.

芦些芯写械薪薪懈泻 锌芯泻芯褩胁泻懈禄 袨泻褋褌邪胁邪 袦褨褉斜芯 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 胁锌懈褋褍褦褌褜褋褟 褍 锌邪褉邪写懈谐屑褍 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹褜泻芯褩 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯褩 谢褨褌械褉邪褌褍褉懈. 袉 褟泻褖芯 锌褉懈斜褉邪褌懈 斜褍写褜-褟泻褨 蟹谐邪写泻懈 锌褉芯 褌械, 泻芯谢懈 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褞褌褜褋褟 锌芯写褨褩, 屑芯卸薪邪 褋泻邪蟹邪褌懈, 褖芯 褑械泄 褉芯屑邪薪 褍 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌褨 褋褍褔邪褋薪芯褋褌懈. 孝邪泻 褨 薪械 褋泻邪卸械褕, 褖芯 胁褨薪 斜褍胁 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈泄 褍 1900 褉芯褑褨. 孝褍褌 褦 械褉芯褌懈泻邪 褌邪 褎械屑褨薪褨蟹屑.

小械谢械褋褌褨薪邪 锌褉邪褑褞褦 锌芯泻芯褩胁泻芯褞 褍 褉褨蟹薪懈褏 蟹邪屑芯卸薪懈褏 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹褨胁 褍锌褉芯写芯胁卸 褌褉懈胁邪谢芯谐芯 褔邪褋褍. 袟 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪 胁芯薪邪 褋锌芯褋褌械褉褨谐邪褦 蟹邪 褩褏薪褨屑 卸懈褌褌褟屑, 斜邪褔懈褌褜 胁褋褞 芦斜褉褍写薪褍 斜褨谢懈蟹薪褍禄, 褋泻邪薪写邪谢懈, 锌谢褨褌泻懈, 褌邪褦屑薪懈褑褨. 校 芦些芯写械薪薪懈泻褍 锌芯泻芯褩胁泻懈禄 屑懈 斜邪褔懈屑芯 薪懈褖褨胁薪械 胁懈泻褉懈褌褌褟 斜械蟹褉芯蟹褋褍写薪懈褏 褌邪 谢懈褑械屑褨褉薪懈褏 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褨胁 芯褔懈屑邪 蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪芯褩 锌褉懈褋谢褍谐懈. 袟胁懈褔薪邪 褌械屑邪 泻谢邪褋芯胁芯褩 薪械褉褨胁薪芯褋褌懈.

袪芯屑邪薪 械褉芯褌懈褔薪懈泄, 褋械泻褋褍邪谢褜薪懈泄 褌邪 褎械屑褨薪褨褋褌懈褔薪懈泄. 袟薪芯胁褍 锌芯胁械褉褌邪褞褋褜 写芯 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 薪械 胁锌懈褋褍褦褌褜褋褟 褍 褉邪屑泻懈 褔邪褋褍 褋胁芯谐芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪薪褟.

袥褞斜谢褞 泻谢邪褋懈泻褍, 褟泻褍 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞, 褟泻褍 屑芯卸褍 胁褨写褔褍褌懈, 锌褉芯泄薪褟褌懈褋褜. 袉 褖芯斜懈 斜褍谢芯 屑褨褋褑械 锌芯屑褨褉泻褍胁邪褌懈 薪邪写 胁褋褨屑. 袉 褑械 褌邪泻邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟. 袧械褔邪褋褌芯 锌懈褕褍 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褏, 褉芯斜谢褞 褟泻褨褋褜 锌芯蟹薪邪褔泻懈, 邪 褌褍褌 褏芯褌褨谢芯褋褜 褑械 褉芯斜懈褌懈 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯! 袣芯屑械薪褌褍胁邪褌懈, 胁懈写褨谢褟褌懈, 褋锌械褉械褔邪褌懈褋褜 蟹 邪胁褌芯褉芯屑, 谐械褉芯褩薪械褞. 袨斜褍褉褞胁邪褌懈褋褜! 袉 褑械泄 泻薪懈卸泻芯胁懈泄 写褨邪谢芯谐 谢懈褕械 锌芯谐谢懈斜谢褞褦 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟 蟹邪谢褍褔械薪芯褋褌褨.

袦械薪褨 锌芯写芯斜邪褦褌褜褋褟, 褖芯 胁懈写邪胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 "些械 芯写薪褍 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻褍" 胁褨写泻褉懈胁邪褦 薪械胁褨写芯屑懈褏 薪邪屑 泻谢邪褋懈泻褨胁. 袉 褖懈褉芯 胁写褟褔薪邪 蟹邪 袨泻褌邪胁邪 袦褨褉斜芯鉂わ笍. 小锌芯写褨胁邪褞褋褜, 褖芯 胁懈写邪写褍褌褜 斜褨谢褜褕械 褉芯屑邪薪褨胁 邪胁褌芯褉邪, 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟 泄 薪邪写邪谢褨 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈褌懈褋褜 蟹 泄芯谐芯 褌械泻褋褌邪屑懈馃檹
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November 7, 2023
This is a wonderful novel. It's a bit more polished, written in a less effusive prose style, and takes a more recognizable narrative form than its predecessor (and the first of Mirbeau's post-crisis works), Torture Garden. Diary... is also less sensationalist and therefore more cutting and real in its biting cultural criticism. Actually, now that I think about it, at the time that The Diary of a Chambermaid was written, the form--a diary, obviously, but more generally a straight narrative interspersed with short stories in the form of the chambermaid's recollections of previous "situations" and her upbringing--was probably rather new at the time the novel was composed (1900), even if later twentieth century novelists were more likely to trod such ground while attempting to expand the boundaries of what the long prose narrative form could do, usually in the first-person mode.

Of course I love Mirbeau's politics, his relentless contempt for all things bourgeois, hypocritical, religious, and patriotic but--beyond the author's obvious epistemology of cultural protest--two other elements are truly remarkable in this novel: 1.) the amazingly convincing female voice and 2.) the startling depiction of human perversity, which actually outstrips and even challenges the novelist's didactic political stance. It has that feeling of a narrative that manages to shake off the shackles of its author's intentions, pointed satirical barbs, and political beliefs, and to somehow go further into truth than a the puppet-mastery of a self-conscious author is capable. I'm reminded of James Hogg's The Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, which begins as a rather simple satirical romp and then descends, almost literally, into hell, psychedelia, and a place to which only the most unrestrained fiction manages to go.

Something similar happens here in Diary... as C茅lestine's at first small acts of perversity lead her in and out of trouble, contradict her moral censure of her masters, complicate the plot, and leave us torn--as she herself is in the face of her servitude--between disgust and pity. In the end it's almost as if humankind deserves all of the moral degradation of capitalism--or perhaps it's capitalism's denigration of empathy and love through competition, hierarchy, and abuse that has rendered humankind all but incapable of these once applauded virtues. Also, in the end, the servants do exactly as the masters did and Celestine eventually does just about everything she's described others doing with so much disgust and superiority--and, most realistically, she seems utterly unconscious of it.

Looking forward to reading Mirbeau's next: The Twenty-One Days of a Neurasthenic.

Read this again and have now taught it in a Literature and Gender course several times. Still a remarkable work unlike any other novel I can think of. Maybe because of that it defies certain common novel structures and the whole phony character arc thing. Yet its emotions are real and its social critique beyond any other novel I can think of. Also most students are made very uncomfortable by it which, if it doesn't get me fired, is i think so good for them.
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Author听2 books439 followers
December 29, 2019
Diary of a chambermaid is a good novel but it does not seem to be an indispensable novel in the ouvre of octave mirbeau. Let's be honest. No one writes in their diary with such polished narration and well choreographed scenes.
For the most part mirbeau is an effective chronicler and cynical commentator of his times but the diary device is a lavish contrivance.
He does however provide a compelling female narrator who writes awfully long and intricate observations about her employers, exposing the dirty underbelly of their high class lifestyles.
For its time it might have sparked outage and shock and awe. Today it is simply amusing in its scandalous or simply exaggerated depictions.
It is a somewhat tame mirbeau novel with enough weird, unexplainable touches of macabre wit to meet with my stamp of approval.
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July 17, 2016
脌 travers le discours 脿 la premi猫re personne d'une servante, le portrait qu'Octave Mirbeau dresse des classes dominantes de la fin du XIXe si猫cle, de la bourgeoisie, parisienne ou de province, de la noblesse (forc茅ment) d茅sargent茅e, n'est pas tendre. Il est m锚me sans piti茅. Les domestiques ne sont pas 茅pargn茅s non plus. Chez Mirbeau, l'锚tre humain est vil. S'il lui arrive de faire preuve de bont茅, il est aussit么t victime d'un coquin mal intentionn茅.

Henry Caro-Delvaille, La Jeune Servante

Quand la servante raconte son histoire, on y croit. C'est un texte qui fonctionne sur sc猫ne car la voix sonne juste. Mais certaines parenth猫ses sont un peu forc茅es. L'auteur, limit茅 par le cadre qu'il s'est impos茅 (il est le simple interm茅diaire qui nous fait parvenir ce texte pr茅sent茅 comme authentique), se retrouve parfois contraint 脿 une gymnastique quelque peu scabreuse pour inclure certaines sc猫nes, comme celle d'un d卯ner pr茅tentieux (on imagine difficilement la femme de chambre rapporter dans son journal la conversation 脿 laquelle elle aurait assist茅, surtout que l'on nous fait part du sentiment de ridicule du ma卯tre de maison)
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June 8, 2021

小 锌褍斜谢懈泻褍胁邪薪械褌芯 褋懈 鈥溞斝叫敌残叫感貉娧� 薪邪 械写薪邪 泻邪屑械褉懈械褉泻邪鈥� 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻胁邪 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻邪 褋械薪蟹邪褑懈褟 懈 褋褌邪胁邪 褕懈褉芯泻芯 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉械薪. 袪芯屑邪薪褗褌 械 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻邪褌械谢褋褌胁芯, 薪邪锌褉邪胁芯 褕邪屑邪褉, 胁褗褉褏褍 谢懈褑械屑械褉薪懈褟 斜褍褉卸芯邪蟹械薪 屑芯褉邪谢, 懈薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢薪邪褌邪 懈 写褍褏芯胁薪邪 薪械屑芯褖 薪邪 械锌芯褏邪褌邪. 袗褎械褉邪褌邪 袛褉邪泄褎褍褋 械 胁 褉邪蟹谐邪褉邪 褋懈, 胁 袝胁褉芯锌邪 褋械 蟹邪胁懈褏褉褟褌 屑芯褖薪懈 邪薪褌懈褋械屑懈褌褋泻懈 薪邪褋褌褉芯械薪懈褟, 袩褗褉胁邪褌邪 褋胁械褌芯胁薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪 褋械 蟹邪写邪胁邪. 袦懈褉斜芯 懈蟹卸懈胁褟胁邪 谐芯写懈薪懈 薪邪 褋谢邪胁邪, 褋褗褉邪褌薪懈泻 械 薪邪 袟芯谢邪 锌芯 胁褉械屑械 薪邪 袗褎械褉邪褌邪 袛褉邪泄褎褍褋, 薪芯 褋泻芯褉芯 褍屑懈褉邪 懈 褋 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪, 褉芯屑邪薪褗褌 屑褍 胁械褔械 薪械 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁谢褟胁邪 懈薪褌械褉械褋 懈 械 锌芯褔褌懈 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 蟹邪斜褉邪胁械薪. 袧芯 褋谢褍褔胁邪 褋械 泻薪懈谐懈 写邪 斜褗写邪褌 鈥溞惭娦沸貉€械褋褟胁邪薪懈鈥� 懈 褌芯褔薪芯 褌芯胁邪 褋械 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪 褋谢械写 泻邪褌芯 袥褍懈褋 袘褍薪褞械谢 谐芯 褎懈谢屑懈褉邪. 肖懈谢屑褗褌 械 褋械薪蟹邪褑懈褟, 邪 褉芯屑邪薪褗褌 芯褌薪芯胁芯 械 褔械褌械薪 芯褌 屑懈谢懈芯薪懈, 懈蟹写邪胁邪薪 懈 锌褉械懈蟹写邪胁邪薪.
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袩芯胁械褋褌胁芯胁邪薪懈械褌芯 械 胁 锌褗褉胁芯 谢懈褑械 芯褌 懈屑械褌芯 薪邪 泻邪屑械褉懈械褉泻邪褌邪/写芯屑邪褕薪邪 锌褉懈褋谢褍卸薪懈褑邪 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 (袘芯卸械褋褌胁械薪邪, 薪械斜械褋薪邪). 袝写薪芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 褑懈薪懈褔薪邪 懈 薪邪懈胁薪邪, 锌褉邪谐屑邪褌懈褔薪邪 懈 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈褔薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 卸械薪邪 械 懈写械邪谢薪懈褟褌 锌褉芯褌邪谐芯薪懈褋褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 褔褉械蟹 褋胁芯懈褌械 斜械谢械卸泻懈 胁 写薪械胁薪懈泻邪 褋懈 薪懈 锌褉械胁械卸写邪 锌褉械蟹 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉褋泻懈 写芯屑芯胁械, 褋谢褍卸斜邪 懈 锌褉懈褞褌 蟹邪 斜械蟹褉邪斜芯褌薪懈, 褋褉械褖邪 薪懈 褋 懈蟹薪械卸械薪懈 懈 懈蟹胁褉邪褌械薪懈 邪褉懈褋褌芯泻褉邪褌懈, 褋薪芯斜懈, 邪谢褔薪懈 懈 锌械褉胁械褉蟹薪懈 褋褌邪褉褔械褌邪, 懈蟹写懈谐薪邪谢懈 褋械 斜懈胁褕懈 褋谢褍谐懈 懈 锌褗谢薪懈 薪械谐芯写薪懈褑懈, 锌邪褉邪蟹懈褌懈褉邪褖懈 胁褗褉褏褍 写褉褍谐懈 锌邪褉邪蟹懈褌懈. 袚邪谢械褉懈褟褌邪 芯褌 谐邪写薪懈 芯斜褉邪蟹懈 泻邪褌芯 褔械 薪褟屑邪 泻褉邪泄. 小谢褍谐懈褌械 蟹邪胁懈卸写邪褌 薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉懈褌械 褋懈, 泻谢褞泻邪褉褋褌胁邪褌 蟹邪 褌褟褏 褋褗褋 蟹谢芯褉邪写芯 薪邪褋谢邪卸写械薪懈械, 屑褉邪蟹褟褌 谐懈, 泻褉邪写邪褌 谐懈, 薪芯 褌邪泄薪芯 胁 褋械斜械 褋懈 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 褋褌邪薪邪褌 泻邪褌芯 褌褟褏. 小谢褍谐懈褌械 屑褗卸械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 锌芯写褉邪卸邪胁邪褌 薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉懈褌械 褋懈 懈 写邪 谐懈 屑邪屑褟褌 谢芯胁泻芯, 薪芯 卸械薪懈褌械 胁 褋邪屑芯褌邪褌邪 懈 斜械蟹懈蟹褏芯写懈褑邪褌邪 褋懈 褔械褋褌芯 褋械 芯褋褌邪胁褟褌 写邪 斜褗写邪褌 褋褗斜谢邪蟹薪械薪懈 芯褌 褌褟褏 懈谢懈 芯褌 写褉褍谐懈 褋谢褍谐懈. 袣褉邪卸斜懈褌械 薪邪 写褉械斜薪芯, 邪谢泻芯褏芯谢懈蟹屑褗褌, 屑械褉蟹芯褋褌褌邪 褋邪 械卸械写薪械胁懈械 胁 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪芯 写褗谢谐懈褌械 褉邪斜芯褌薪懈 写薪懈 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褌械蟹懈 谐芯褌胁邪褔懈, 谐褉邪写懈薪邪褉懈, 泻芯薪褟褉懈, 懈 屑芯屑懈褔械褌邪 蟹邪 胁褋懈褔泻芯. 袞械薪懈褌斜邪褌邪 械 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟褌 胁褗蟹屑芯卸械薪 懈蟹褏芯写 蟹邪 卸械薪懈褌械. 袦褗卸械褌械 褋械 芯锌懈褌胁邪褌 写邪 褋械 褋写芯斜懈褟褌 褋 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁芯 芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪芯 泻邪褌芯 泻褉邪写邪褌 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉懈褌械 褋懈. 袙褋懈褔泻懈 屑褗卸械, 锌褉械写 泻芯懈褌芯 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 斜谢邪谐芯谐芯胁械械, 褋邪 锌褉邪蟹薪芯谐谢邪胁懈 锌邪褉胁械薪褞褌邪, 锌芯蟹褜芯褉懈, 泻褉邪写褑懈 懈 屑芯褕械薪懈褑懈 懈谢懈 薪邪锌褉邪胁芯 褋邪写懈褋褌懈.

袩芯薪械卸械 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 懈屑懈褌懈褉邪褌 谐芯褋锌芯写邪褉懈褌械 褋懈, 褋谢褍谐懈褌械 褋邪 泻褉邪泄薪芯 褉械邪泻褑懈芯薪薪懈, 褔械褌邪褌 褍谢褌褉邪 写械褋薪懈褌械 胁械褋褌薪懈褑懈, 斜褉邪薪褟褌 褉邪蟹锌邪谢械薪芯 褉械谢懈谐懈褟褌邪, 写芯泻邪褌芯 薪邪褉褍褕邪胁邪褌 胁褋懈褔泻懈 斜芯卸懈 蟹邪锌芯胁械写懈, 懈 褋邪 蟹邪泻谢械褌懈 邪薪褌懈褋械屑懈褌懈. 小械屑械薪邪褌邪 蟹邪 锌芯褟胁邪褌邪 薪邪 褎邪褕懈蟹屑邪 蟹褉械褟褌 懈 褋泻芯褉芯 褖械 锌芯泻褗谢薪邪褌.

袦懈褉斜芯 械 锌褉懈褔懈褋谢褟胁邪薪 泻褗屑 褕泻芯谢邪褌邪 薪邪 薪邪褌褍褉邪谢懈蟹屑邪, 蟹邪械写薪芯 褋褗褋 袟芯谢邪, 袦芯锌邪褋邪薪 懈 袗谢褎芯薪褋 袛芯写械. 袙 褉芯屑邪薪邪 褋邪 蟹邪谐邪褌薪邪褌懈 懈谢懈 写懈褉械泻褌薪芯 胁泻谢褞褔械薪懈 薪褟泻芯懈 褋褑械薪懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯 褋懈谢薪芯 褋邪 胁褗蟹屑褍褌懈谢懈 屑芯褉邪谢懈蟹邪褌芯褉懈 褌械, 械蟹懈泻褗褌 薪邪 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 械 写芯褋褌邪 褑懈薪懈褔械薪, 薪芯 薪械 斜懈褏 泻邪蟹邪谢邪, 褔械 褋褌邪胁邪屑械 褋胁懈写械褌械谢懈 薪邪 泻褉邪械薪 薪邪褌褍褉邪谢懈蟹褗屑. 袙褗锌褉械泻懈 褔械 械 褋谢邪斜芯 芯斜褉邪蟹芯胁邪薪邪, 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 懈屑邪 锌芯械褌懈褔薪邪 写褍褕邪, 泻芯械褌芯 薪械 懈 锌褉械褔懈 写邪 懈屑邪 蟹邪 褋胁芯泄 懈写械邪谢 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈 屑褗卸械. 孝褟 械 屑薪芯谐芯 锌褉邪胁写芯锌芯写芯斜械薪 芯斜褉邪蟹, 懈蟹胁邪褟薪 芯褌 谐芯谢褟屑 褋褌懈谢懈褋褌 懈 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉 薪邪 械蟹懈泻芯胁邪褌邪 芯斜褉懈褋芯胁泻邪. 袙 褋胁芯褟 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹 小械谢械褋褌懈薪 褔械褋褌芯 锌褉械褋泻邪褔邪 胁褗胁 胁褉械屑械褌芯, 芯褌泻谢芯薪褟胁邪 褋械, 褋屑械薪褟 褉械谐懈褋褌褗褉邪, 泻芯械褌芯 械 谐芯谢褟屑芯 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁芯 蟹邪 褉芯屑邪薪邪. 袙 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟 褌芯泄 懈蟹谢懈蟹邪 芯褌 褋泻芯胁邪胁邪褖邪褌邪 褉邪屑泻邪 薪邪 褉械邪谢懈蟹屑邪, 泻芯械褌芯 谐芯 锌褉邪胁懈 褔械褌懈胁械薪 懈 锌褉懈胁谢械泻邪褌械谢械薪 蟹邪 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪懈褟 褔芯胁械泻.

袩褉芯褋谢芯泄泻邪褌邪 薪邪 褋谢褍谐懈褌械 械 懈蟹褔械蟹薪邪谢邪 懈谢懈 褋懈谢薪芯 褋械 械 胁懈写芯懈蟹屑械薪懈谢邪, 薪芯 褋谢褍谐懈薪褋泻懈褟褌 屑邪薪褌邪谢懈褌械褌 械 胁褋械 褌邪泻邪 卸懈胁. 袠 写薪械褋 褋械泻褉械褌邪褉泻懈 褋械 写芯屑芯谐胁邪褌 写芯 斜芯谐邪褌懈褟, 懈蟹胁褉邪褌械薪 褔懈褔泻芯 懈谢懈 写褟写芯 锌邪褉懈褔泻芯, 斜谢邪谐芯谐芯胁械褟褌 锌褉械写 薪械谐芯 蟹邪褉邪写懈 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁芯褌芯 屑褍, 泻芯械褌芯 蟹邪 褌褟褏 械 屑械褉懈谢芯 蟹邪 懈薪褌械谢械泻褌 懈 屑芯褖. 袠 写薪械褋 薪芯胁芯斜芯谐邪褌邪褕懈 褍薪懈卸邪胁邪褌 锌芯写褔懈薪械薪懈褌械 褋懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 懈屑 芯褌胁褉褗褖邪褌 褋 锌芯写谢芯褋褌 懈 泻褉邪卸斜懈. 小谢褍谐懈褌械 芯斜芯卸邪胁邪褌 懈 械写薪芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 锌褉械蟹懈褉邪褌 褋懈谢薪懈褌械 薪邪 写械薪褟 褋褗褖芯 泻邪泻褌芯 胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 薪邪 锟糥X 胁械泻.

鈥溞斝叫敌残叫感貉娧� 薪邪 械写薪邪 泻邪屑械褉懈械褉泻邪鈥� 械 胁褋械 褌邪泻邪 邪泻褌褍邪谢薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 薪械 胁 写械褌邪泄谢懈褌械 褋懈, 邪 胁 薪邪褋褌褉芯械薪懈械褌芯 懈 胁薪褍褕械薪懈褟褌邪 褋懈. 袗泻芯 薪邪 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 胁懈 锌芯谐薪褍褋懈, 斜懈褏 胁懈 褉邪蟹斜褉邪谢邪. 袛芯泻邪褌芯 懈屑邪 褋谢褍谐懈 锌芯 写褍褕邪, 褌芯蟹懈 褉芯屑邪薪 褖械 蟹胁褍褔懈 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪芯.

袗 褋械谐邪 写邪 褔褍械屑 小械谢械褋褌懈薪:
鈥溞⌒谎冃承把傂� 薪械 械 薪芯褉屑邪谢薪芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁械薪芯 褋褗蟹写邪薪懈械. 孝芯泄 械 薪械褖芯 褉邪蟹薪芯褉芯写薪芯, 褋谐谢芯斜械薪芯 芯褌 褔邪褋褌懈 懈 锌邪褉褔械褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 锌邪褋胁邪褌 蟹邪械写薪芯, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸械褕 写邪 薪邪谢芯卸懈褕 械写薪芯 胁褗褉褏褍 写褉褍谐芯... 袠 锌芯-谢芯褕芯 写芯褉懈: 褌芯泄 械 褔褍写芯胁懈褖械薪 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 褏懈斜褉懈写. 袧械 械 胁械褔械 泻褗屑 薪邪褉芯写邪, 芯褌 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉芯懈蟹谢懈蟹邪, 薪械 械 懈 泻褗屑 斜褍褉卸芯邪蟹懈褟褌邪, 屑邪泻邪褉 写邪 卸懈胁械械 褋 薪械褟 懈 写邪 褋械 褋褌褉械屑懈 泻褗屑 薪械褟. 袨褌泻邪蟹胁邪泄泻懈 褋械 芯褌 薪邪褉芯写邪, 褌芯泄 械 蟹邪谐褍斜懈谢 薪械谐芯胁邪褌邪 褖械写褉邪 泻褉褗胁 懈 薪邪懈胁薪邪褌邪 屑褍 褋懈谢邪... 袗 斜褍褉卸芯邪蟹懈褟褌邪 谐芯 械 蟹邪褉邪蟹懈谢邪 褋褗褋 褋褉邪屑薪懈褌械 褋懈 锌芯褉芯褑懈, 斜械蟹 写邪 屑褍 芯褋褌邪胁懈 褋褉械写褋褌胁邪 写邪 谐懈 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢懈, 锌褉械写邪谢邪 屑褍 械 写芯谢薪懈褌械 褋懈 褋褌褉邪褋褌懈, 锌芯写谢懈褌械 褋懈 褋褌褉邪褏芯胁械, 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈褌械 薪邪谐芯薪懈, 邪谢邪 斜械蟹 芯斜褋褌邪薪芯胁泻邪褌邪, 褌芯械褋褌 斜械蟹 芯锌褉邪胁写邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁芯褌芯. 小 芯屑褗褉褋械薪邪 写褍褕邪 褌芯泄 锌褉械泻芯褋褟胁邪 褌芯蟹懈 斜谢邪谐芯锌褉懈谢懈褔械薪 斜褍褉卸芯邪蟹械薪 褋胁褟褌 懈 写芯褋褌邪褌褗褔薪芯 械 写邪 胁写褗褏薪械 蟹谢芯胁芯薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 谐薪懈械褖懈 锌芯屑懈泄薪懈 褟屑懈, 蟹邪 写邪 蟹邪谐褍斜懈 褍胁械褉械薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 写褍褏邪 褋懈, 写邪 蟹邪谐褍斜懈 写芯褉懈 褎芯褉屑邪褌邪 薪邪 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 褋懈 鈥溞靶封€�... 袠 锌芯写 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褌械蟹懈 褋锌芯屑械薪懈, 褋褉械写 褌褗谢锌邪褌邪 褎懈谐褍褉邪薪褌懈, 懈蟹 泻芯懈褌芯 斜褉芯写懈 泻邪褌芯 锌褉懈蟹褉邪泻, 褌芯泄 褉邪蟹褉邪胁褟 褋邪屑芯 屑褉褗褋芯褌懈懈, 褋懈褉械褔 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟...小屑械械 褋械 褔械褋褌芯, 邪谢邪 褋屑械褏褗褌 屑褍 械 锌褉械褋懈谢械薪. 孝芯胁邪 薪械 械 褋屑褟褏 芯褌 懈蟹锌懈褌邪薪邪 褉邪写芯褋褌, 芯褌 芯褋褗褖械褋褌胁械薪邪 薪邪写械卸写邪 - 褌芯泄 泻褉懈械 谐芯褉褔懈胁邪褌邪 谐褉懈屑邪褋邪 薪邪 薪械谐芯写褍胁邪薪懈械褌芯, 褋褍褉芯胁邪褌邪 薪邪锌褉械谐薪邪褌邪 谐褗薪泻邪 薪邪 褋邪褉泻邪蟹屑邪... 袧褟屑邪 薪懈褖芯 锌芯-斜芯谢械蟹薪械薪芯 懈 锌芯-谐褉芯蟹薪芯 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈 褋屑褟褏; 褌芯泄 懈蟹谐邪褉褟, 懈蟹锌械锌械谢褟胁邪... 袩芯-写芯斜褉械 写邪 斜褟褏 锌谢邪泻邪谢邪 屑芯卸械 斜懈! 袧械, 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 薪械 蟹薪邪褟... 袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 屑邪泄薪邪褌邪 屑褍!...袛邪 褋褌邪胁邪 泻邪泻胁芯褌芯 褖械...鈥�
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携 褍 蟹邪褏胁邪褌褨. 袧褨, 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪芯, 屑械薪械 写褍卸械 谢械谐泻芯 锌褨写泻褍锌懈褌懈 鈥� 褑械 屑邪褦 斜褍褌懈 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉薪芯, 褑褨泻邪胁芯, 蟹 薪芯褌泻邪屑懈 谐褍屑芯褉褍, 蟹 褑褨泻邪胁芯褞 谐械褉芯褩薪械褞 褨 褑褨泻邪胁懈屑 褋褞卸械褌芯屑-褋锌芯谐邪写芯屑.

1锔忊儯 - 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉薪褨褋褌褜 胁褉邪卸邪褦 褌懈屑 褖芯 褑械 肖褉邪薪褑褨褟. 袧褍 褏褌芯 薪械 褏芯褌褨胁 锌芯斜褍胁邪褌懈 褍 肖褉邪薪褑褨褩? 袗 褌褍褌 褩褩 锌褉械写芯褋褌邪褌薪褜芯. 袩褉褟屑 袩邪褉懈卸, 锌褉懈泻芯褉写芯薪薪褨 屑褨褋褌械褔泻邪, 锌芯斜褍褌 锌邪褉懈蟹褜泻懈褏 胁械谢褜屑芯卸. 袧褍 胁邪褍.
2锔忊儯 - 谐芯谢芯胁薪邪 谐械褉芯褩薪褟 小械谢械褋褌褨薪邪 - slay. 袙械褋褜 褩褩 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉 褉芯斜懈褌褜 褩褩 褋芯斜芯褞 鈥� 胁芯薪邪 械屑芯褑褨泄薪邪, 蟹 谐邪褉薪懈屑 锌芯褔褍褌褌褟屑 谐褍屑芯褉褍, 胁锌械胁薪械薪邪 胁 褋芯斜褨, 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褦 锌褋懈褏芯谢芯谐褨褞 谢褞写械泄, 褨薪泻芯谢懈 褉芯斜懈褌褜 薪械芯斜写褍屑邪薪薪褨 胁褔懈薪泻懈 鈥� 褨 斜械蟹 薪械褩 泻薪懈谐邪 薪械 斜褍谢邪 斜 褌邪泻芯褞 褔褍写芯胁芯褞.
袟 芯写薪芯谐芯 斜芯泻褍, 褌懈 褩褩 薪械 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褦褕 蟹芯胁褋褨屑, 邪 蟹 褨薪褕芯谐芯 斜芯泻褍, 褌懈 锌褨写褌褉懈屑褍褦褕 褩褩 胁 褍褋褜芯屑褍. 携泻 卸 邪胁褌芯褉 蟹褍屑褨胁 蟹邪泻芯褏邪褌懈 胁 小械谢械褋褌褨薪褍!
3锔忊儯 - 褌褍褌 褦 褌邪 薪懈褌芯褔泻邪 褋褞卸械褌褍, 褟泻芯褩 褌芯斜褨 胁写芯褋褌邪谢褜 胁懈褋褌邪褔懈褌褜. 携 斜芯褟胁褋褟, 褖芯 褑械 斜褍写械 泻谢邪褋懈泻邪-泻谢邪褋懈泻邪, 褌懈屑 锌邪褔械 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹褜泻邪, 褨 褌褍褌 薪械 斜褍写械 薪褨褔芯谐芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯, 邪谢械 薪褨. 孝褍褌 褦 褋褞卸械褌薪邪 谢褨薪褨褟 写芯 泻褨薪褑褟 泻薪懈谐懈, 褟泻邪 褋褍锌褉芯胁芯写卸褍褦褌褜褋褟 褋锌芯谐邪写邪屑懈 谐械褉芯褩薪褨 锟斤拷褉芯 屑懈薪褍谢械, 褟泻械 胁褨写褨谐褉邪褦 褉芯谢褜 胁 褩褩 褋胁褨褌芯谐谢褟写褨 褨 蟹邪 褟泻懈屑 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褋锌芯褋褌械褉褨谐邪褌懈.

携 褍 蟹邪褏胁邪褌褨! 笑械 芯写薪芯蟹薪邪褔薪芯 褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褟泻邪 褍胁褨泄写械 胁 褌芯锌10 泻薪懈谐 褑褜芯谐芯 褉芯泻褍. 袙芯薪邪 褑械 蟹邪褋谢褍谐芯胁褍褦. 孝懈 薪械 锌芯泻谢邪写邪褦褕 薪邪 薪械褩 薪邪写褨泄, 邪 锌芯褌褨屑 褌懈 褩褩 蟹谐邪写褍褦褕 褨 褏芯褔械褕 锌械褉械褔懈褌邪褌懈!
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April 5, 2025
4.5猸愶笍
袦械薪械 写褍卸械 胁褉邪蟹懈谢邪 褑褟 泻薪懈谐邪, 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 褍 褎芯褉屑褨 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻邪 蟹 泻芯褉芯褌泻懈屑懈, 邪谢械 蟹锟斤拷褨褋褌芯胁薪懈屑懈 褉芯蟹写褨谢邪屑懈. 袙芯薪邪 写邪褦 卸懈胁械 褍褟胁谢械薪薪褟 锌褉芯 褋褍褋锌褨谢褜褋褌胁芯 褌芯谐芯 褔邪褋褍 褌邪 褋褌邪胁谢械薪薪褟 写芯 谢褞写械泄, 褟泻褨 锌械褉械斜褍胁邪谢懈 薪邪 薪懈卸褔懈褏 褖邪斜谢褟褏 褋芯褑褨邪谢褜薪芯褩 褨褦褉邪褉褏褨褩. 小械谢械褋褌懈薪邪 褋锌芯胁薪械薪邪 褩写泻芯谐芯 褋邪褉泻邪蟹屑褍, 褖芯 写芯写邪褦 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯褩 谐芯褋褌褉芯褌懈. 小锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褟, 褖芯 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨 薪械 锌芯写褨谢褟褞褌褜褋褟 薪邪 写芯斜褉懈褏 褨 锌芯谐邪薪懈褏, 邪 褦 褋泻谢邪写薪懈屑懈 褌邪 薪械芯写薪芯蟹薪邪褔薪懈屑懈. 袟邪褏芯锌谢械薪薪褟 小械谢械褋褌懈薪懈 褋懈谢芯褞 褌邪 蟹谢芯褔懈薪芯屑, 邪 褌邪泻芯卸 写芯褋谢褨写卸械薪薪褟 胁薪褍褌褉褨褕薪褜芯褩 斜芯褉芯褌褜斜懈 屑褨卸 锌褉芯褌懈谢械卸薪懈屑懈 械屑芯褑褨褟屑懈, 褌邪泻懈屑懈 褟泻 斜邪卸邪薪薪褟 褨 胁褨写褉邪蟹邪, 谢褞斜芯胁 褨 薪械薪邪胁懈褋褌褜, 蟹褉芯斜懈谢懈 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯 蟹邪褏芯锌谢懈胁懈屑.
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603 reviews523 followers
May 6, 2016
I usually read the source first and then watch the movie adaptation(s), this time I couldn't help myself. It's easy to see why Luis Bu帽uel adapted this (already having directed The Exterminating Angel and later making The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie). I found the most recent adaptation (2015) to be okay, and I have yet to watch Renoir's.

Through Celestine, Mirbeau makes it clear to us how he viewed the people and society of turn of the century France. He relentlessly attacks the bourgeoisie, the conservative / monarchist reactionaries, the glorification of the military (long live the Army! exclaims Joseph, the book's ignorant everyday man), the antisemitism of the times (Dreyfus Affair) and in general, the -hypocrisy- of the people.
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"No one has any idea of all the worries that servants have to put up with, nor of the monstrous way in which they are continually exploited. If it鈥檚 not the employers, it鈥檚 the registry offices or some charitable institution鈥攏ot to mention your fellow servants, for some of them are pretty foul. No one has the slightest concern for anyone else. Everybody lives, grows fat, amuses himself at the expense of someone more miserable and hard-up than himself. However much the scene may change or the background be transformed, however different or hostile the social setting, men鈥檚 passions and appetites remain the same. Whether it is in a cramped, middle-class flat, or some banker鈥檚 luxurious town house, you find the same beastliness, the same inexorable fate. When all鈥檚 said and done, the truth is that a girl like me is defeated even before she starts, wherever she may go and whatever she may do 鈥� poor human dung, nourishing the harvest of life and happiness for the rich to gather and use against us 鈥�"






"How they infuriate me, these 鈥榬espectable鈥� people, with their鈥avage contempt for any girl who happens to 鈥榞o wrong鈥�, and their everlasting nagging about our moral behavior鈥f course, none of this prevents the master, despite all his morality, pulling you on to a sofa or bed as soon as he gets a chance, and as often as not鈥eaving you with a child on your hands.听 Then, of course, it鈥檚 up to you to do what you can if you can鈥nd if you can鈥檛, then you and the child can just starve, for all they care.听 It鈥檚 no concern of theirs.鈥�
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571 reviews31 followers
January 19, 2023
Immagino che sara' stato scandaloso e sicuramente innovativo nel 1900, ma oggi, sinceramente, io l'ho trovato alquanto noioso ed arrivata ad un terzo del libro mi sono chiesta se valeva andare avanti: la risposta e' stata "no".
Mi aspettavo un resoconto frizzante della vita della domestica, ma invece mi e' sembrato tutto alquanto piatto, almeno per gli standard di oggi.
Meglio impiegare il poco tempo che ho per leggere in un libro che mi "dia" qualche emozione, positiva o negativa che sia.
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March 18, 2025
袧邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 屑械薪褨 写褍卸械 褋锌芯写芯斜邪胁褋褟 锌械褉械泻谢邪写, 锌褉芯褌械, 泻芯谢懈 褟 写褨蟹薪邪谢邪褋褟, 褖芯 褌邪屑 褦 胁懈褉褨蟹邪薪褨 褌邪 褑械薪蟹褍褉芯胁邪薪褨 屑芯屑械薪褌懈, 褋褌邪谢芯 写褍卸械 褋褍屑薪芯( 袙芯薪芯 泄 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢芯褋褟 薪邪 械褌邪锌褨 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟, 薪邪褋锌褉邪胁写褨: 蟹邪薪邪写褌芯 胁卸械 锌褉懈褋褌芯泄薪芯 胁褋械 斜褍谢芯 褟泻 写谢褟 褎褉邪薪褑褍蟹褜泻芯褩 谢褨褌械褉邪褌褍褉懈.

些芯写芯 褋邪屑芯褩 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩, 褌芯 褟 蟹 薪械褞 胁褨写锌芯褔懈谢邪. 袧械 褋泻邪卸褍, 褖芯 胁芯薪邪 屑械薪械 锌芯谢芯薪懈谢邪, 邪谢械 薪邪 锌芯谢懈褑褟褏 褌芯褔薪芯 谢懈褕邪褞, 邪斜懈 锌芯胁械褉褌邪褌懈褋褟 写芯 写械褟泻懈褏 褔邪褋褌懈薪芯泻.
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477 reviews135 followers
November 18, 2016
"Ah ah ! Gariban bir hizmet莽i ne kadar da ac谋nacak durumdad谋r. Ne kadar da yaln谋zd谋r. Ne艧eli g眉r眉lt眉l眉 evlerde ya艧am谋艧 da olsa, o hep yaln谋zd谋r.
Yaln谋z olmak ,yaln谋z ya艧amak de臒ildir, 枚tekilerin evinde ya艧amakt谋r yaln谋zl谋k..."

"Her s枚zc眉k, o evde sizi a艧a臒谋lar, her hareket sizi hayvanlardan daha da de臒ersiz k谋lar..."

1900 y谋l谋nda yay谋nlanan ve bir "YerAlt谋 Klasi臒i" olarak nitelendirilen bu romanda, bir oda hizmet莽isinin g枚z眉yle, sosyete hayat谋 , onun "眉st眉n ahlak谋", gizli s谋rlar谋 ortaya d枚k眉l眉yor.
Kurgu olmayan , ger莽ek bir ki艧i olan Celestine, sefil ve ac谋l谋 bir 莽ocukluktan sonra, ge莽imini sa臒lamak 眉zere oda hizmet莽isi olarak ev ev dola艧maya ba艧l谋yor. O evlerde tuttu臒u g眉nl眉kler de b枚ylece bir yazar谋n elinde kitaba d枚n眉艧眉yor.

Not: Kitab谋n 2016 yap谋m谋 bir de "The Diary of a Chambermaid " ad谋nda film uyarlamas谋 var.
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614 reviews51 followers
December 18, 2020
Je ne regrette pas mon choix d鈥櫭猼re all茅e vers un classique ! Une tr猫s belle d茅couverte qui fait 茅cho 脿 une pr茅c茅dente lecture sur cette p茅riode particuli猫re de l鈥檋istoire fran莽aise.
H芒te de r茅diger mon billet.
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425 reviews43 followers
July 16, 2024
脟a commence comme un journal de bord un poil graveleux, encha卯nant les r茅cits anecdotiques sur le quotidien d'une domestique dans des familles bourgeoises o霉 les apparences cachent beaucoup d'immondices... Je l'ai commenc茅 avec entrain car il se lit facilement et la langue est d茅li茅e, truculente mais 茅l茅gante 脿 la fois, tout en me disant qu'on restait dans le regard qu'un homme bourgeois portait sur la condition d'une femme de chambre. On ressent 脿 de multiples reprise le male gaze (et le bourgeois gaze, 莽a se dit 莽a ?!) de Mirbeau qui se pla卯t 脿 d茅crire 脿 travers la plume de C茅lestine, les cochonneries qu'une femme 茅l茅gante ou du peuple pourrait s'adonner sans trop d'茅tat d'芒me.
Mais au fur et 脿 mesure de la lecture, j'ai trouv茅 que la satire prenait des accents pamphl茅taires beaucoup plus int茅ressants car Mirbeau se mouille : C茅lestine 茅crit des diatribes sur la conditions de sa classe 茅conomique, elle raconte son histoire et les raisons pour lesquelles elle se retrouve plac茅e tr猫s r茅guli猫rement dans des demeures qui ne la gardent pas ou d'o霉 elle s'enfuit.
Est-ce vraiment de ma faute, ce qui m'arrive ?... Peut-锚tre!... Et pourtant, il me semble qu'une fatalit茅, dont je n'ai jamais 茅t茅 la ma卯tresse, a pes茅 sur toute mon existence, et qu'elle a voulu que je ne demeurasse jamais, plus de six mois, dans la m锚me place... Quand on ne me renvoyait pas, c'est moi qui partais, 脿 bout de d茅go没t. C'est dr么le et c'est triste... j'ai toujours eu la h芒te d'锚tre "ailleurs", une folie d'esp茅rance dans "ces chim茅riques ailleurs", que je parais de la po茅sie vaine, du mirage illusoire des lointains...

Difficile de ne pas penser aux femmes de m茅nage et autres personnels au service des nantis, qui vivent, 脿 peu de choses pr猫s, les m锚mes vicissitudes et humiliations en bo卯te d'int茅rim ou en soci茅t茅 de placement...
La classe bourgeoise en prend donc pour son grade : m艙urs dissolues cherchent domestique irr茅prochable, pr锚te 脿 accepter un droit de cuissage (= viol, int茅gr茅 comme d茅sagr茅able mais normal par C茅lestine), gages extr锚mement bas, nourriture avari茅e et suspicion g茅n茅ralis茅e sur tout ce qu'elle entreprend. Extr锚me servitude du personnel, en particulier des femmes : harcel茅e sexuellement si elles sont jolies, humili茅es 脿 l'extr锚me si elles sont laides. Prostitution fr茅quemment sugg茅r茅e et per莽ue comme une voie vers la libert茅 (莽a me rappelle une autre 茅poque). Cette lecture se termine donc en un formidable t茅moignage de la condition domestique et du d茅litement des classes nobles et bourgeoises, sens茅es dans l'imaginaire populaire, 锚tre des exemples de probit茅.
On ne s'imagine pas combien il y a de femmes avec des bouches d'anges, des yeux d'茅toiles, et des robes de trois mille francs, qui, chez elles, sont grossi猫res de langage, orduri猫res de gestes, et d茅goutantes 脿 force de vulgarit茅 de vraies pierreuses !
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338 reviews29 followers
September 7, 2017
Yeah, I'm really not sure what to say about this book. I was excited to read a "naughty" French classic. But this was screwed up on so many different levels that it went from casually dirty (no real sex scenes) to casual thriller featuring a really messed up lead character. I use the term casual because the way (this edition, at least) is translated is extremely awkward and distant. The awkwardness comes from the novel being written in 1900 but having late-80s to early 90s slang: "When I say I love you, I mean it for keeps!"

FOR KEEPS???

There was also a lot of derogatory comments about other people's bodies that were liberally sprinkled with more 90s slang and I can't quite remember the exact quotes but it just led to a really disjointed read.

Then we have the main character.

She's a self-destructive train wreck. She can't allow herself to feel comfortable in any living situation and sabotages any happy/easy working situations for herself. At first, this habit is very subtle. But by the end But it's okay because he loves her "for keeps."

It was bizarre and unpleasant and dragged on due to the many flashbacks to old job situations that weren't relevant to anything, really. I wasn't a fan.
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March 31, 2015





Description: "I am no saint; I have known many men, and I know, by experience, all the madness, all the vileness, of which they are capable. But a man like Monsiuer?" -- from THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

The famous anarchist and art critic Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) inspired not one but two films (from Jean Renoir and Luis Bunuel) with his often forgotten classic THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID. Telling the scandalous story of Celestine R., a fisherman's daughter with a taste for men, Mirbeau reveals that "when one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay."



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December 20, 2018
Despite the supposed naughtiness, this is hardly an "erotic" novel or anything of the sort. Instead, it's a very, very French satire of the bourgeois mores of the time, the moronic militarism, the self-flagellating Catholicism, the obsessive anti-Semitism, the callous attitudes of the wealthy, and so forth. If Zola wrote in the spirit of social change, and Balzac wrote in the spirit of unflinching honesty, Mirbeau wrote with medical-grade venom, and even when he was sympathetic, he still spit at his characters.
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52 reviews4 followers
March 27, 2025
薪械 蟹薪邪褞 褟泻 芯锌懈褋邪褌懈 褋胁芯褩 写褍屑泻懈 蟹 锌褉懈胁芯写褍 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈. 薪邪褔械 褨 褑褨泻邪胁芯 斜褍谢芯, 邪 薪邪褔械 胁芯薪邪 屑械薪械 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 褨 薪械 胁褉邪蟹懈谢邪.
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238 reviews29 followers
September 7, 2024
Quelques longueurs parfois mais dans l'ensemble une lecture agr茅able.
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Author听1 book56 followers
August 27, 2017
20. y眉zyl谋n hemen ba艧谋nda yaz谋lm谋艧 bu yergi klasi臒i, bir hizmet莽inin a臒z谋ndan t眉m toplumu topa tutuyor. Ad谋na bak谋p da sadece bir hizmet莽i k谋z谋n g枚n眉l maceralar谋n谋n anlat谋ld谋臒谋n谋 sanmay谋n; romanda cinsellikle politika ba艧a ba艧 ilerliyor. Meslekte olmaya zorland谋臒谋 karakterin tersine, hizmet莽i k谋z谋m谋z谋n g眉nl眉臒眉nde pervas谋z, bol argolu, a莽谋k sa莽谋k bir dili var; 枚zellikle efendilerinin rezilliklerini ve aptall谋klar谋n谋 te艧hir etti臒i b枚l眉mleri e臒lenerek okudum. Roman谋n temel meselesi asl谋nda burjuvalar谋n, aristokratlar谋n ve t眉m muhafazak芒rlar谋n iki y眉zl眉l眉臒眉n眉 de艧ifre etmek: Mirbeau, bir anar艧ist 枚fkesiyle, kibar d眉nyalar谋n 枚n眉ndeki perdeyi y谋rt谋yor; 眉st s谋n谋ftan insanlar谋n g眉ndelik hayattaki vah艧ili臒ini ortaya 莽谋kar谋yor; ahlak diye ba臒谋ranlar谋n nas谋l cimri, d眉zenbaz ve 艧ehvet d眉艧k眉n眉 olduklar谋n谋 ac谋mas谋zca y眉zlerine vuruyor. Fakat sadece 眉st s谋n谋ftan insanlar de臒il, ta艧radaki kurnazl谋k, 谋rk莽谋l谋k ve dedikoduculuk da bu ele艧tiriden pay谋na d眉艧eni al谋yor.

Bir hizmet莽i k谋z谋n a臒z谋ndan yaz谋lmas谋 nedeniyle, hem s谋n谋f fark谋na hem de erkek egemen d眉nyaya bir ba艧kald谋r谋 olarak okunabilir. C茅lestine bir kahraman veya ahlak莽谋 de臒il; kendi zay谋fl谋klar谋n谋 kabul etmekle birlikte, kahramanl谋臒a ve ahlak莽谋l谋臒a soyunanlar谋n da kendisinden farkl谋 olmad谋klar谋n谋 bize anlat谋yor. Deh艧et verici ve trajik birka莽 b枚l眉mde g枚r眉yoruz ki, 莽ok daha beterler鈥�
54 reviews5 followers
May 17, 2017
J'ai ADOR脡 ce livre.

Je l'ai trouv茅 subtil malgr茅 l'impression que l'h茅ro茂ne rentre dans le tas (comme quoi... c'est subtil). Int茅ressant historiquement et socialement, ce n'est pas tr猫s subjectif et j'ai bien aim茅 莽a. C茅lestine a bien s没r ses propres opinions, mais on n'a pas l'impression que l'auteur veut nous faire penser ce qu'elle dit. Par exemple, elle affirme que ses ma卯tres sont des pourris et que c'est le cas de tous les riches, mais l'auteur n'h茅site pas 脿 nous parler de certains riches sympathiques pour lesquels elle a travaill茅.

Je ne vais pas spoiler le petit suspense du livre, mais il est trait茅 de fa莽on m茅lancolique. C茅lestine pense 脿 ce probl猫me au milieu de ses activit茅s et de ses souvenirs, et malgr茅 le fait que 莽a n'avance pas comme un livre "normal" on ne peut pas arr锚ter de lire. La chronologie est un peu d茅routante puisque C茅lestine digresse facilement, mais c'est tellement agr茅able. On oublie la petite intrigue du livre et elle finit par revenir, mais on ne s'est pas ennuy茅 et on n'a pas attendu avec impatience que 莽a avance.

C'est pas clair ? Je sais pas moi, lisez-le !
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298 reviews31 followers
April 27, 2016
Tre stelline e mezza...
Siamo in Francia, nel 1900 e questo libro 猫 uno spaccato dell'epoca..Dove Celestine
racconta,anche in modo divertente, attraverso pagine deliziose e spudoratamente sincere
quello che era il suo rapporto con i suoi datori di lavoro,
dove spesso queste povere cameriere venivano scelte come
merce in vendita, subivano angherie e dovevano sottomettersi al volere
dei loro padroni. Tra malizie, misfatti , perversioni quella era la societ脿 di allora...
Celestine, protagonista memorabile...
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52 reviews7 followers
November 2, 2023
3.5

J鈥檃i appr茅ci茅 que Mirbeau donne 脿 son roman la forme d鈥檜n journal intime, o霉 l鈥檃uteur se pr茅sente comme le simple 茅diteur de ce r茅cit. En effet, il s鈥檃git d鈥檜n r茅cit dat茅, entrecoup茅 de souvenirs, qui dresse un tableau social de la bourgeoisie 脿 la fin du XVIIIe si猫cle, un si猫cle apr猫s la r茅volution fran莽aise qui a propuls茅 cette classe sociale 脿 la direction politique du pays.

Il y met en lumi猫re la condition des domestiques, y compris l鈥檃sservissement sexuel +/- consenti des femmes de chambre 脿 leurs patrons, et 茅voque l鈥檈xistence des avortements clandestins qui en d茅coulent.

En toile de fond on retrouve l鈥檃ffaire Dreyfus : je n鈥檃vais pas pris conscience l鈥檌mportance de cette affaire, ni 脿 quel point elle avait divis茅 la France. Je suis scotch茅e de l鈥檃ntis茅mitisme assum茅 et ambiant de l鈥櫭﹑oque.

Cependant, j鈥檃i 茅t茅 tr猫s g锚n茅e par l鈥檃pologie de la virilit茅 animale (poils sur le torse, brutalit茅, caract茅ristiques vues comme 茅tant excitantes et irr茅sistibles pour une femme : on voit bien l脿 la plume d鈥檜n homme) et par la rivalit茅 entre femmes (notre h茅ro茂ne est jolie et bien faite 茅videmment, et cela attise toutes les jalousies de ses ma卯tresses et camarades femmes domestiques).

Cette misogynie est sans doute le reflet de la soci茅t茅 patriarcale de l鈥櫭﹑oque, mais 茅galement les mots d鈥檜n auteur homme qui, bien qu鈥檈ngag茅 politiquement (anarchiste si j鈥檃i bien compris), n鈥檃 tout de m锚me pas 茅t茅 jusqu鈥櫭� remettre en question la place des femmes en general dans la soci茅t茅 (dans ce roman en tout cas).
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326 reviews20 followers
May 3, 2020
Tr猫s belle 茅criture, chapitres courts et forme de journal, d茅couverte de la soci茅t茅 de l'茅poque et du traitement des domestiques.
C茅lestine, l'h茅ro茂ne, a un ton tr猫s sarcastique, les personnages ne sont pas manich茅ens.
Fascination par C茅lestine de la force, du crime. Int茅ressant parall猫le entre d茅sir et d茅gout, amour et haine.

Lu dans le cadre du club de lecture d'Antastesia, j'ai tr猫s envie de lire les autres oeuvres d'Octave Mirbeau.
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155 reviews
April 9, 2025
tr猫s bonne lecture, je me suis beaucoup attach茅e 脿 C茅lestine, 脿 son humeur et 脿 son rire. mirbeau est quand m锚me tr猫s fort pour 茅crire le journal assez authentique et personnel d鈥檜ne femme de chambre fin XIXe!! de nombreux th猫mes sont abord茅s, comme la lutte des classes, l鈥檃narchisme, l鈥檃lcool, la petite et grande bourgeoisie, les amours et le sexe. bref passionnant c鈥檈st m锚me un 4,5/5 (ombre au tableau : les petites longueurs)
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