Honest Risler, partner in the Fromont wallpaper factory in the Marais, marries the pretty, discontented Sidonie Chèbe at a wedding-party at the Café Véfour. Sidonie, who grew up envying the rich Fromonts, sets out to climb, and her vanity and intrigues begin to threaten both her husband’s happiness and the firm that is his life’s pride.
The 1874 novel that made Daudet famous, a richly observed portrait of Parisian commerce and family life. Download the free EPUB.