L'Illustration, No. 3234, 18 Février 1905

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L'Illustration, No. 3234, 18 Février 1905

by Various Authors

FR·~1 hours·19 chapters

Chapters

19 total
1

COURRIER DE PARIS - Journal d'une étrangère

6:36
2

LES FEMMES DE NOS MINISTRES - Mme ÉTIENNE CLÉMENTEL.

2:50
3

LA FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE DE RUSSIE

7:02
4

LES FAITS DE LA SEMAINE - FRANCE

0:22
5

LES ARTISTES FEMMES

10:13
6

IMPRESSIONS D'UN CORRESPONDANT DE GUERRE - L'armée russe dans ses quartiers d'hiver

5:41
7

L'HIVERNAGE AU CAMP JAPONAIS

0:27
8

LES DIFFICULTES DE L'ACHÈVEMENT DU TUNNEL DU SIMPLON

2:06
9

L'ÉCHOUEMENT DU «SULLY»

4:02
10

Documents et Informations. - Le fusil japonais, arme humanitaire.

10:09

Description

After dinner the salon fills with a half‑hour of quiet as the men retreat to the smoking room, leaving a small circle of women to fill the spacious drawing‑room with chatter. The narrator, an outsider in Paris, listens as the host, her hostess, steers conversation from the latest war news to fashionable exhibitions, while a doctor’s wife defends her husband’s new charitable dispensary against skeptical remarks. Through this lively exchange the scene captures the mingling of gossip, art, and the subtle politics of philanthropy that animated the city’s upper circles.

The journal also records a heated debate about the threatened abolition of Legion of Honour, exposing how even ceremonial symbols become battlegrounds for ideas about civic pride and personal vanity. Meanwhile, the upcoming municipal balls at the Hôtel de Ville are described with a blend of anticipation and weary disdain, revealing the narrator’s love for Paris yet her reluctance to partake in polished spectacles. These observations offer a vivid portrait of a Paris at the turn of the century, its social rituals, and the voices—both earnest and cynical—that shape them.

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Language

fr

Duration

~1 hours (69K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and Rénald Lévesque

Release date

2010-09-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Various Authors

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