The Diary of a Chambermaid

Name: The Diary of a Chambermaid
Author: Octave Mirbeau

by Octave Mirbeau

Novel narrated by a chambermaid whose diary reveals servant life's exploitation

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Octave Mirbeau

French author and anarchist whose acerbic fiction attacked bourgeois society, capitalism, and political corruption with savage wit. The Diary of a Chambermaid and Torture Garden are shocking masterpieces of black humor.

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