by Alphonse Daudet

by Alphonse Daudet

Translated By W. Blaydes

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

THE NABOB

DOCTOR JENKIN’S PATIENTS

A LUNCHEON IN THE PLACE VENDOME

MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER A MERE GLANCE AT THE TERRITORIAL BANK

A DEBUT IN SOCIETY

THE JOYEUSE FAMILY

FELICIA RUYS

JANSOULET AT HOME

THE BETHLEHEM SOCIETY

BONNE MAMAN

MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER SERVANTS

THE FESTIVITIES IN HONOUR OF THE BEY

A CORSICAN ELECTION

A DAY OF SPLEEN

THE EXHIBITION

MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER IN THE ANTCHAMBER

A PUBLIC MAN

THE APPARITION

THE JENKINS PEARLS

THE FUNERAL

LA BARONNE HEMERLINGUE

THE SITTING

DRAMAS OF PARIS

MEMOIRS OF AN OFFICE PORTER THE LAST LEAVES

AT BORDIGHERA

THE FIRST NIGHT OF “REVOLT”