The Notary's Nose

Edmond About (1828 - 1885)
Translated by Henry Holt (1840 - 1926)

Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his Turkish rival challenges him to a duel during which the notary gets his nose cut off. Thereupon, a surgeon is called for a grafting. The donor is a simple man from the Auvergne with whom the notary is forced to spend thirty days, his nose being literally glued to the arm of the man. But even after this term, his bad fortune doesn’t come to an end... - Summary by Didier

Le Nez d’un notaire - The Notary's Nose in French
La Nariz de un notario - The Notary's Nose in Spanish

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Satire, Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The East and West at War—Blood flows Peach
00:24:48
Play 02 The Cat Chase czandra
00:30:19
Play 03 In which the Notary takes Care of his Skin more successfully Peach
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Play 04 Shebashtian Romagné czandra
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Play 05 Pride and a Fall Peach
00:29:52
Play 06 The History of a Pair of Spectacles, and the Consequences of a Cold in the Head Peach
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