The Notary's Nose
Edmond About
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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 (2 hr 45 min)
Chapters
| The East and West at War—Blood flows | 24:48 | Read by Peach |
| The Cat Chase | 30:19 | Read by czandra |
| In which the Notary takes Care of his Skin more successfully | 26:00 | Read by Peach |
| Shebashtian Romagné | 16:47 | Read by czandra |
| Pride and a Fall | 29:52 | Read by Peach |
| The History of a Pair of Spectacles, and the Consequences of a Cold in the Head | 37:59 | Read by Peach |
Reviews
Its Raycyst and antisemitic
Bill Cosby
Story would have you believe a nose is important. A nose is of no importance. What is important is fighting whitness. Just because African Americans and Senitic Americans have huge nosses does not mean they are lesser beings who should have their noses cut off. Also it is reprenhensible for a male to be attràcrted to a female. Males should not be attracted to physical beauty when attending ballets. Female ballet dances hate being looked at by males. They just dance and do not expect to be looked at onstage. So change the story to be a black male transgendered belly dancer falling in love with a gay jew with a huge nose. This will be Politically Correct.