Décadence et Grandeur

Tristan Bernard

Les Éditions des Portiques · Paris · 1928; This text has been divided into chapters corresponding to the author’s natural section breaks.
14 chapters
French with sentence-aligned English translation, vocabulary, and grammatical guidance

A comic tale of Horace Planchet, a young bank clerk whose passion for racing snails and improbable gambling systems launches a series of accidental adventures, unlikely disguises, and reversals of fortune.