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'Monsieur pegnchet."" Marie-Jeanne Durry, " De Monnier a Balzac," Ve ndredi, t; March 20, 1936, p. 5. [bla,5] When does Gavroche first appear? Who are his forebears? Is his first appearance t1 in Les Miserables? Abel Bonnard on the homme frelate -"good only for provoking events he could not contro!:' "This type of individual, origi- Q' nating in the nobility, has undergone a descent-and lost all his gilding in the process-through the whole spectrum of society, to the point where what was born in the foarn at the surface has come to rest in the slinle at the bottom. VVhat began in persiflage has ended in a sneer. Gavroche is, very simply, the marquis of the gutter." Abel Bonnard, Les Moderes, in series entitled Le Drame du present, vol. 1 (Paris

d [Literary History, Hugo] "'Thiel's argued that, since education was 'the beginning of ease, and since ease was not reserved for an then education should not he within reach of all. Moreover, he held lay instruetol's ... responsible for the events of J nne ... and declared himself 'ready to put the clergy in charge of all primary education. ' " A. Malct and P. Grillet, XIX" Siecle (Paris, 1919), p. 258. [dl,l] February 25, 134,8: " During the afternoon, armed mobs demanded that the red Hag repla(e the tricolor flag . ... Mter a violent debate, Lamartine managed to turn them hack with an improvised address, whose concluding words have remained famous: 'I shall repudiate to the very death,' he cried, 'this flag of hlood, and you ought to spurn it more than 1. For this red flag that YOll wave hefore us has previously heen unfurled only on the Champ de Mars, soaked with the hlood of the people in '91 and '93, whereas the tricolor Hag has been paraded the world over, with the name, the glory, and the liherty of the Fatherland." A. Malet and P. Grillet, XIX' Siecle (Paris, 1919), p. 245. [dl,2] "In an admirahle article entitled 'Le Depart,' Balzac lamented the fall of the Bourhons, which for him meant the death knell of the arts and the triumph of the peddlers of political nostrumR. Invoking the vessel on which the king was depart­ , ing, he exclaimed: 'There is law and logic; beyond this little hoat are the storms. " J. Lucas-Dubretoll, Le Cornte d'Artois, Charles X , p. 233. [dl,3] "Who knows the titles of all the books that bear t.he name of M. Dumas? Does he know them himself? If he does not keep a two-column record with debits and credits, he will no doubt have forgotten ... more t.han one of those children of whom he is the legitimate father, or the natural father, or the godfather. His out.put. in recent mont.hs has amounted to not less t.han t.hirty volumes."' Paulin Limayrac, "Du Roman aetuel et de nos romanciers," Revue des deux mondes, 11, no. 3 (Paris, 1845), Pl'. 953-954. [dlA] Ironical: " What a happy thought on the part ofM. de Balzac-t.o predict. a peasant revolt and demand the reest.ablishment of feudalism! 'Vhat is so surprising in that? It is his idea of socialism, Mme. Sand has anot.her and M. Sue likewise. To each

'Monsieur pegnchet."" Marie-Jeanne Durry, " De Monnier a Balzac," Ve ndredi, t;<br />

March 20, 1936, p. 5. [bla,5]<br />

When does Gavroche first appear? Who are his forebears? Is his first appearance t1<br />

in Les Miserables? Abel Bonnard on the homme frelate -"good <br />

only for provoking events he could not contro!:' "This type of individual, origi- Q'<br />

nating in the nobility, has undergone a descent-and lost all his gilding in the<br />

process-through the whole spectrum of society, to the point where what was<br />

born in the foarn at the surface has come to rest in the slinle at the bottom. VVhat<br />

began in persiflage has ended in a sneer. Gavroche is, very simply, the marquis of<br />

the gutter." Abel Bonnard, Les Moderes, in series entitled Le Drame du present, vol.<br />

1 (Paris

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