Journal des Goncourt (Troisième série, troisième volume) Mémoires de la vie littéraire

The ninth volume of this intimate journal offers a window onto the private and public life of a prominent French writer during the early 1890s. Beginning on the first day of 1892, he records his own sense of stagnation, the rare pleasure of stepping out for a dinner with the Daudet family, and the lively conversations that swirl around literature, politics and everyday quirks of his circle.

Through entries about unexpected letters from newspaper editors, heated debates at salons, and candid impressions of figures such as Maupassant, Coppée and the members of the Figaro staff, the diary captures the texture of Parisian artistic society. The writer’s humor, self‑reflection and occasional melancholy give listeners a nuanced portrait of a world where ambition, friendship and creative tension coexist.