L’Écornifleur
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L’Écornifleur is a satirical novel by French writer Jules Renard that follows an opportunistic young man who insinuates himself into a bourgeois household for personal gain.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L’Écornifleur canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Jules Renard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
family dynamics
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Jules Renard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | antihero protagonist ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus |
critique of hypocrisy
ⓘ
critique of opportunism ⓘ |
| hasMotiveOfProtagonist | personal gain ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
concise prose
ⓘ
ironic tone ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
bourgeois family life
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exploitation of hospitality ⓘ self-interest ⓘ |
| hasTargetOfSatire |
middle-class morality
ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | French literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Naturalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henri Norbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L’Écornifleur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An opportunistic young man insinuates himself into a bourgeois household for personal gain. ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | opportunistic young man ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setting | French bourgeois milieu ⓘ |
| theme |
bourgeois society
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hypocrisy ⓘ opportunism ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| titleCharacterNicknameMeaning | sponger or freeloader ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Jules Renard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | French novel ⓘ |
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