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LE COCU MAGNIFIQUE

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

192 pages, Pocket Book

First published January 1, 1990

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103 reviews
September 28, 2026
EDIT : j'ai profité des nouveaux quarts d'étoiles pour mettre 0,25/5. 2 semaines après avoir fini ma lecture, je suis toujours aussi horrifiée par cette lecture.
1 étoile parce c’est pas possible d’en mettre 0. Review à venir, une de mes pires lectures de toute ma scolarité à l’unif
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155 reviews14 followers
November 22, 2014
Interesting play from a Belgian author.
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131 reviews
July 17, 2025
Un auteur que je traduis s’est récemment étonné qu’en tant que Belge, je n’aie jamais vu ni lu Le Cocu magnifique. Curieux (et un peu honteux), je m’y suis donc attelé… mais je dois avouer que le résultat ne m’a pas franchement emballé.

Le premier acte m’a semblé interminable, l’humour assez lourd, volontiers graveleux, et le tout baigne dans une vision des rapports hommes-femmes pour le moins datée — voire franchement sexiste.

Cela dit, j’ai tout de même trouvé un vrai intérêt dans la mécanique du retournement. Le personnage de Bruno, qui préfère savoir que Stella le trompe plutôt que de vivre dans l’incertitude, pose une question fine et psychologiquement pertinente : vaut-il mieux une vérité douloureuse ou un doute perpétuel ?
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143 reviews27 followers
October 15, 2026
un bon ramassis de misogynie
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