L'homme à la moustache verte by Tristan Bernard
L'homme à la moustache verte by Tristan Bernard is a collection of humorous short stories written in the early 20th century. The book offers brisk, satirical sketches that poke fun at gullibility, vanity, petty fraud, romantic intrigue, and political maneuvering in everyday French life. The title piece follows angel-faced Alcée, who steals his own Christmas gifts to bet on a horse and blames an imaginary thief “with a green mustache.” Other tales
skewer human foibles: Siamese twins whose differing morals lead to an awkward ménage with the wife; a supposed saint’s “talisman” that brings only gambling losses; a shameless moocher, William, who manipulates a lover for cash and prestige; the Tower of Babel retold as a contractor’s clever “force majeure” payday; the diary of candidate Nicolas Glaive, bled by an agent and crushed at the polls after a payoff to bury a fake scandal; a notoriously clumsy hunter who finally “bags” a hare while missing an enemy; and a playful correction of Genesis, where Eden is a zoo and the punishment is simply revoked admission. The result is a nimble, witty panorama of chance, self-deception, and social satire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bernard, Tristan, 1866-1947 |
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| Title | L'homme à la moustache verte |
| Original Publication | Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1922. |
| Series Title | Les histoires drôles, groupées par Max et Alex Fischer ; 3 |
| Contents | L'homme a la moustache verte -- Histoire de deux frères siamois -- Le talisman -- William -- La Tour de Babel -- Nicolas Glaive, ou les cahiers d'un candidat -- L'heureux chasseur -- Mise au point. |
| Credits | Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Subject | Humorous stories, French |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78223 |
| Release Date | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 159 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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