Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
"Asmodeus," from Paris; or, The book of a hundred and one / Jules Janin -- "The gamin of Paris," from Paris; or, The book of a hundred and one / Gustave d'Outrepont -- "The fashionable woman and the elegant woman in 1833," from Paris; or, The book of a hundred and one / Eugénie Foa -- The stockbroker's son / Eugène Scribe and Henri Dupin -- "Letter 27," from Parisian letters by the Vicomte de Launay / Delphine de Girardin -- "A Grisette Party," from Parisian manners / Paul de Kock -- "The flâneur," from The French depicted by themselves: a moral encyclopedia of the nineteenth century / Auguste de Lacroix -- "The proper woman," from The French depicted by themselves: a moral encyclopedia of the nineteenth century / Honoré de Balzac -- Physiology of the grisette / Louis Huart -- Physiology of the flâneur / Louis Huart -- Physiology of the bourgeois / Henry Monnier.
Summary:
"An English translation of humorous works published in French for a mass audience. Describes the changing society of nineteenth-century Paris, featuring character types such as the flaneur, the grisette, the gamin, and the bourgeois. Includes texts by Paul de Kock, Honoré de Balzac, Delphine de Girardin, Louis Huart, and others"-- Provided by publisher.
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