From the petty bourgeoisie to the nobility, where he faced the temptations of libertinage and money, Jacob reveals the trickery and hypocrisy of the social game. Marivaux's virtuosic writing makes social climbing a major theme of the modern novel, without the tragic dimension it takes on in the same era in Abbe Prevost.
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From the petty bourgeoisie to the nobility, where he faced the temptations of libertinage and money, Jacob reveals the trickery and hypocrisy of the social game. Marivaux's virtuosic writing makes social climbing a major theme of the modern novel, without the tragic dimension it takes on in the same era in Abbe Prevost.
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Add this copy of Le Paysan Parvenu to cart. $38.76, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1981 by Editions Flammarion.