The Diary of a Maid (ePub)

"The Diary of a Maid" is a work by the French writer and publicist Octave Mirbeau (French: Octave Mirbeau; 1848-1917).
"The Diary of a Maid" is a scandalous novel by O. Mirbeau, which brought him fame as a master of shocking. What name did they give to this novel? Erotic, pornographic... And all because the maid Celestina, the main character of the work, describes in great detail her service with different gentlemen: what she spied and overheard. The girl also talks about her own love affairs. A picture emerges of a general decline in morals: among the rich - from an excess of all kinds of goods, among the poor - from poverty and the desire to get out of it. And if a man is only a stepping stone to a better life, then why not take advantage of him? Sounds modern, doesn't it?
Octave Mirbeau is known as the author of novels, short stories, dramas, and literary critical articles. Among his prose works, the following stand out: "The Garden of Torment", "The Diary of a Maid", "Child", "Autumn Silhouettes", "Before the Funeral", "The Story of My Lamp", "The Sorrow of Uncle Pitot", "The Sacred Bird", " Confession of Zhibori."
Mirbeau's works are easy to read, they are lyrical and raise problems from the lives of ordinary people. Moreover, the author tries to find answers to questions that remain relevant at all times: why a person was given life, how to relate to death, what relationships should be like in a family. The modern reader will be interested to know what people thought about this a hundred years ago.