Book Description

Fromont and Risler By Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist and playwright. His father was a silk manufacturer who suffered reverses and lost his property. Daudet took a post as a schoolteacher at Ales, Gard, but found it intolerable, and moved to Paris to live with his brother, Ernest, who was working as a journalist. Daudet wrote poetry and several plays, and secured employment as a secretary to Morny, a Minister of Napoleon III. Sidonie Chèbe is to marry Risler, an older man. Risler is an employee of Fromont, a manufacturer of wallpaper, and in addition to being engaged to Sidonie, he has been elevated to partner, and the firm will be known as Fromont and Risler. But Sidonie has long been envious of the wealth of the Fromonts, and has been having an affair with Georges Fromont, nephew of the founder and heir to the business, though Georges is married to Claire. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.