The Diary of a Chambermaid

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The Diary of a Chambermaid is an 1888 novel by French writer Octave Mirbeau that satirically chronicles a maid’s experiences serving in bourgeois households, exposing hypocrisy, cruelty, and class tensions.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Diary of a Chambermaid (1964 film) NERFINISHED
Diary of a Chambermaid (2015 film) NERFINISHED
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946 film) NERFINISHED
author Octave Mirbeau NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
criticizes bourgeois morality
social hierarchy
depicts French bourgeois society
domestic service
firstPublicationMedium print
genre psychological fiction
satirical novel
social novel
hasForm prose
hasOriginalLanguageTitle Le Journal d’une femme de chambre NERFINISHED
hasProtagonistOccupation chambermaid
hasStructure diary entries
hasSubject servant–employer relationships
influenced 20th-century film adaptations
languageOfTitle English
literaryMovement Naturalism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature
literaryTechnique psychological observation
social satire
mainCharacter Célestine NERFINISHED
narrativeForm diary
first-person narrative
notableDirectorOfAdaptation Benoît Jacquot NERFINISHED
Jean Renoir NERFINISHED
Luis Buñuel NERFINISHED
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Le Journal d’une femme de chambre NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1888
setting French bourgeois households
settingPeriod late 19th century
theme anti-clericalism
class tensions
cruelty and exploitation of servants
hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie
power relations between masters and servants
sexual hypocrisy
social injustice
tone ironic
satirical
workOf Octave Mirbeau NERFINISHED

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Diary of a Chambermaid (1946 film) basedOn The Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid (1946 film) adaptationOf The Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid (1946 film) title The Diary of a Chambermaid
this entity surface form: Diary of a Chambermaid
Hurd Hatfield appearedIn The Diary of a Chambermaid
Jeanne Moreau notableWork The Diary of a Chambermaid
this entity surface form: Diary of a Chambermaid
Octave Mirbeau notableWork The Diary of a Chambermaid
this entity surface form: Le Journal d’une femme de chambre
Octave Mirbeau notableWork The Diary of a Chambermaid
this entity surface form: Diary of a Chambermaid
Octave Mirbeau wrote The Diary of a Chambermaid
this entity surface form: Le Journal d’une femme de chambre