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Jacob the Publisher and His Master. A novel by Denis Diderot. Translated by Friðrik Rafnsson.
Jacob the Publisher and His Master is probably the best-known comedy in 18th-century French literature, along with Voltaire's The Revelation. The story was first published in the autumn of 1796, twelve years after the author was suddenly overcome by a delicious dessert at his Paris home. It is now two hundred years since the story was published.
Here is the story of two mountain-hardened men, a master and a servant, who go on an eight-day journey through France. Along the way, they pass the time telling each other stories, they meet colorful people who also tell them stories about even more colorful people who also tell stories, and so on. The author then mixes various philosophical reflections into the entertaining stories, for the reader's information and reflection.
Jacob the Publisher and His Master is probably the best-known comedy in 18th-century French literature, along with Voltaire's The Revelation. The story was first published in the autumn of 1796, twelve years after the author was suddenly overcome by a delicious dessert at his Paris home. It is now two hundred years since the story was published.
Here is the story of two mountain-hardened men, a master and a servant, who go on an eight-day journey through France. Along the way, they pass the time telling each other stories, they meet colorful people who also tell them stories about even more colorful people who also tell stories, and so on. The author then mixes various philosophical reflections into the entertaining stories, for the reader's information and reflection.