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    Clochemerle


  2. Politics

    Politics


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    Elizabeth Costello


  4. The Praise Singer

    The Praise Singer


  5. Eugenie Grandet (Classics S.)

    Eugenie Grandet (Classics S.)


  6. Beast in Man (Classics S.)

    Beast in Man (Classics S.)


  7. Ghost Stories (Penguin Popular Classics)

    Ghost Stories (Penguin Popular Classics)


  8. Lord of the Flies (Penguin/Faber Audiobooks) [AUDIOBOOK]

    Lord of the Flies (Penguin/Faber Audiobooks) [AUDIOBOOK]


  9. Aiding and Abetting

    Aiding and Abetting


  10. Wild Oats

    Wild Oats


  11. Remember This

    Remember This


  12. A Secret Word

    A Secret Word


  13. Little Women (Oxford World's Classics)

    Little Women (Oxford World's Classics)


  14. Tristram Shandy: Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Oxford World's Classics)

    Tristram Shandy: Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Oxford World's Classics)


  15. King Solomon's Mines (Oxford World's Classics)

    King Solomon's Mines (Oxford World's Classics)


  16. The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics)

    The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics)


  17. " First Love (Oxford World's Classics)

    " First Love (Oxford World's Classics)


  18. South Sea Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

    South Sea Tales (Oxford World's Classics)


  19. The Dead Secret (Oxford World's Classics)

    The Dead Secret (Oxford World's Classics)


  20. Twenty Years After (Oxford World's Classics)

    Twenty Years After (Oxford World's Classics)


  21. Sons and Lovers (Oxford World's Classics)

    Sons and Lovers (Oxford World's Classics)


  22. The Masterpiece (Oxford World's Classics)

    The Masterpiece (Oxford World's Classics)


  23. His Boardroom Mistress (By Request S.)

    His Boardroom Mistress (By Request S.)


  24. Strictly Business (Mills & Boon Special Releases S.)

    Strictly Business (Mills & Boon Special Releases S.)


  25. Stroke of Midnight (Mills & Boon Special Releases S.)

    Stroke of Midnight (Mills & Boon Special Releases S.)


The scandals of Clochemerle,
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Readable, memorable, amusing & French.
The scandals of Clochemerle,
Gabriel Chevallier
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006ANOAM

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Readable, memorable, amusing & French. .......2005-06-14

The Scandals of Clochemerle, I would say, is a hilarious caricature of life in the hypocritical catholic French countryside. I wonder why it is not reprinted. I read it when I was young and recall it as one of the funniest books I ever read. Get it.
Believe it or not, I looked it up apropos a dialogue with a friend about the presumably superior intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews (we both are) as indicated by a report in the June 4, 2005 Economist. My friend (a geneticist) pointed out that over the centuries while Ashkenazi Jews selected high IQ Talmud-scholar boys and married them to rich girls to produce 8 or 10 offspring, the catholics encouraged their best offspring to be priests, monks and nuns. How true... Was the selection efficient? We really don't know...
Clochemerle
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Witty and entertaining observation of human nature
  • This book is a long lost friend!
Clochemerle
Gabriel Chevallier
Manufacturer: Livre de Poche
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 2253005630

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Witty and entertaining observation of human nature.......2006-09-04

I have to bow to Suresh Bhave and his succinct critique of the book, below. Long time or not since he read it, no one could capture the book's spirit better. But I want to add one additional observation. As an American who lives in Japan, I was impressed, no...blown away, by the keenness and validity of the Gallic author's impression of both the Japanese and the Americans of the 1930's. The most interesting aspect of it is how accurate his impressions remain today.

A rollicking good time, Clochemerle. It isn't perfect, just as Mr. Bhave says, but it's a dang good read and an incisive, witty observation of human nature.

4 out of 5 stars This book is a long lost friend!.......2004-07-11

It has been a long time since I read the book at the age of 16. I loved the little village of Beaujaulaise (?) and its residents. The man who hatched eggs and the padres who confessed their sins with their housekeepers by telegraph, the aristocrat, the communist, the merchant and his lovely wife whose pink mouth enchanted many a cuatomer. I do not remember much about it any more, but I remember the mediator who succeeded because of bad breath and the urinal that was built near the girls' school and the church. It had the authentic flavour of France, a country I have never seen. One may question why I have not rated it a five stars book, but the reason is that though a book I remember and would like to buy again (my two copies were borrowed and never returned, it does not make grade as great literature, its like a lovable woman, but not the perfect woman.
Clochemerle-les-Bains
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Clochemerle-les-Bains
    Gabriel - Proof copy (Translated by Xan Fielding) Chevallier
    Manufacturer: Secker and Warburg
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Unknown Binding
    ASIN: B0000CMBMN
    Clochemerle
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Clochemerle
      G. Chevallier
      Manufacturer: Bantam
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Mass Market Paperback
      ASIN: B000HNTG8W
      Clochemerle.
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Clochemerle.
        Gabriel Chevallier
        Manufacturer: Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 3596140293
        Clochemerle-Babylon
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Clochemerle-Babylon
          Gabriel Chevallier
          Manufacturer: Penguin
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback
          ASIN: B000E7GSMS
          CLOCHEMERLE-BABYLON.
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            CLOCHEMERLE-BABYLON.

            Manufacturer: Penguin
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Unknown Binding
            ASIN: B0000CK0BO
            The Scandals of Clochemerle
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              The Scandals of Clochemerle
              Gabriel Chevellier
              Manufacturer: Bantam
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Mass Market Paperback
              ASIN: B000KWMFS8
              Clochemerle
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                Clochemerle
                Gabriel Chevallier
                Manufacturer: Penguin
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Paperback
                ASIN: B000K5QQ3U
                Clochemerle-les-Bains
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  Clochemerle-les-Bains
                  Gabriel Chevallier
                  Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Unknown Binding
                  ASIN: B0006BMUQU

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