Fromont and Risler -- Volume 4

Language: en

The term 'shameless hussy' could have been invented to describe the main protagonist of Daudets first international bestseller. There are more vulgar epithets one could apply to 'Little Chebe' as she schemes her way up the ladder to reach social equality with her neighbour Claire Fromont, the daughter of the owner of the factory which she studies enviously during her nightly vigils.Fortune favours the wicked as she collects, manipulates and breaks the hearts of all men within her compass to achieve her goal.Daudet suggests that the working conditions and general lack of morality within the…