Length16h 48m
About this audiobook
In The Nabob Alphonse Daudet writes fluidly and somewhat romantically about a nouveau riche Frenchman (originally from the south of France, like Daudet) returning from Tunis and determined to buy his way into the upper reaches of Paris society. He is led from one mistake to another, humbled and humiliated. The underlying thesis would appear to be either a) country mouse comes to city and is eaten by the urban cats or b) Darwinian naturalism rules in French society and disposes of the weak who are only superficially strong. (Goodreads)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length16 hrs 48 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
2BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
3DOCTOR JENKIN’S PATIENTS
4A LUNCHEON IN THE PLACE VENDOME
5MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER A MERE GLANCE AT THE TERRITORIAL BANK
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6A DEBUT IN SOCIETY
7THE JOYEUSE FAMILY
8FELICIA RUYS
9JANSOULET AT HOME
10THE BETHLEHEM SOCIETY
11BONNE MAMAN
12MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER SERVANTS
13THE FESTIVITIES IN HONOUR OF THE BEY
14A CORSICAN ELECTION
15A DAY OF SPLEEN
16THE EXHIBITION
17MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER IN THE ANTCHAMBER
18A PUBLIC MAN
19THE APPARITION
20THE JENKINS PEARLS
21THE FUNERAL
22LA BARONNE HEMERLINGUE
23THE SITTING
24DRAMAS OF PARIS
25MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER THE LAST LEAVES
26AT BORDIGHERA
27THE FIRST NIGHT OF “REVOLT”
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