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Les Chats
Excerpt from Les Chats: Histoire, Moeurs, Observations, Anecdotes
Avec Montaigne on n'a que l'embarras du choix. Les Essais sont le plus riche arsenal en faveur de l'intelligence des animaux. Pres que a chaque page, Montaigne se plait a ra battre le caquet de l'homme.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Avec Montaigne on n'a que l'embarras du choix. Les Essais sont le plus riche arsenal en faveur de l'intelligence des animaux. Pres que a chaque page, Montaigne se plait a ra battre le caquet de l'homme.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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337 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1869
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Champfleury
503 booksJules François Felix Fleury-Husson, who wrote under the name Champfleury, was a French art critic and novelist, a prominent supporter of the Realist movement in painting and fiction.
In 1843 Fleury-Husson moved to Paris. He met Charles Baudelaire and the next year started writing art criticism under the pen-name "Champfleury" for the journal L'Artiste. He was one of the first to promote the work of Gustave Courbet, in an article appearing in an issue of Le Pamphlet in 1848.
In 1850 he advocated the work of El Greco, and wrote about the Le Nain brothers and Maurice Quentin de La Tour. He also had a brief affair in 1851 with Eveline Hańska, the widow of his friend Honoré de Balzac.
He edited the periodical, Le réalisme in 1856 and 1857.
His novels, of which the best-known is Les bourgeois de Molinchart (1854), were among the earliest Realist works.
In 1870 his book Les chats, a series of essays about cats including portrayals of cats by prominent artists of the time, was published by Librarie de la Société Botanique de France, edited by J. Rothschild.
From 1872 until his death in 1889 he was Chief of Collections at the Sèvres porcelain factory.
The character of Marcel in Henri Murger's Scènes de la vie de bohème, and thus the corresponding character Marcello in Puccini's opera based on it, was partially based on Champfleury. Champfleury was a friend of Murger and they had roomed together for a time.
In 1843 Fleury-Husson moved to Paris. He met Charles Baudelaire and the next year started writing art criticism under the pen-name "Champfleury" for the journal L'Artiste. He was one of the first to promote the work of Gustave Courbet, in an article appearing in an issue of Le Pamphlet in 1848.
In 1850 he advocated the work of El Greco, and wrote about the Le Nain brothers and Maurice Quentin de La Tour. He also had a brief affair in 1851 with Eveline Hańska, the widow of his friend Honoré de Balzac.
He edited the periodical, Le réalisme in 1856 and 1857.
His novels, of which the best-known is Les bourgeois de Molinchart (1854), were among the earliest Realist works.
In 1870 his book Les chats, a series of essays about cats including portrayals of cats by prominent artists of the time, was published by Librarie de la Société Botanique de France, edited by J. Rothschild.
From 1872 until his death in 1889 he was Chief of Collections at the Sèvres porcelain factory.
The character of Marcel in Henri Murger's Scènes de la vie de bohème, and thus the corresponding character Marcello in Puccini's opera based on it, was partially based on Champfleury. Champfleury was a friend of Murger and they had roomed together for a time.
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September 7, 2025
,,Być może to wyjątkowa czystość kota sprawia, że wszystkie ludy porównywały go do kobiety."
Książka napisana w XIX wieku przez francuskiego pisarza i malarza, Champfleury'ego (co po francusku brzmi jak ,,ukwiecone pole"), który słynął z tworzenia swoich prac w duchu realizmu, tak też wyłamał się z tego schematu pisząc Koty. Niewątpliwie był ,,bezwarunkowym wielbicielem kociego gatunku", co sprawiło, że nie można nazwać tę lekturę bezstronną, ale za to schlebia wszystkim kociarzom (którym z kolei z całą pewnością jestem.) A jednak czuję się zawiedziony.
Piękne ilustracje, część z nich wykonana specjalnie dla Champfleury'ego przez jego bardziej lub mniej znanych przyjaciół, są zdecydowanie największą zaletą tej książki. Natomiast garść ciekawostek podana w sposób chaotyczny na chwilę intrygowała czytelnika, aby po chwili go znużyć.
Książka napisana w XIX wieku przez francuskiego pisarza i malarza, Champfleury'ego (co po francusku brzmi jak ,,ukwiecone pole"), który słynął z tworzenia swoich prac w duchu realizmu, tak też wyłamał się z tego schematu pisząc Koty. Niewątpliwie był ,,bezwarunkowym wielbicielem kociego gatunku", co sprawiło, że nie można nazwać tę lekturę bezstronną, ale za to schlebia wszystkim kociarzom (którym z kolei z całą pewnością jestem.) A jednak czuję się zawiedziony.
Piękne ilustracje, część z nich wykonana specjalnie dla Champfleury'ego przez jego bardziej lub mniej znanych przyjaciół, są zdecydowanie największą zaletą tej książki. Natomiast garść ciekawostek podana w sposób chaotyczny na chwilę intrygowała czytelnika, aby po chwili go znużyć.
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July 24, 2025Cool mais pour un livre sur les chats il est vachement violent par rapport aux chats
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