Résumé
"Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre" ("The Diary of a Chambermaid") by Octave Mirbeau is a novel that is presented as the diary of Célestine, a Parisian chambermaid who takes a new position at the country estate of a wealthy couple, the Lanlaires.
The file's table of contents indicates a detailed, chronological account of Célestine's experiences and observations.
The story delves into the sordid details of the lives of the provincial bourgeois, their sexual fetishes, hypocrisy, and the exploitation of servants.