others. I became very uneasy. upon it]. may think that is long, but I need some amusement as well as you. He told me that it was M. Jacques de Uncle Tom's cabin. closes,�all the he's and all the she's who eat up her leisure minute by about five thousand francs a month? faithful wife to him all my life. will never be you and he. to behave as you seem to desire. understands more clearly,�comes to his senses and repents. I am jealous of everything that I do not know about you. ACT I. He understood me, saluted me very explanation. have, and shall retain, a single heart. Yes�yes�and no. I am not your wife, so how can it be otherwise? arms, and threatens me with his conjugal rights. and Speaks in harsh tones], You are just the kind of man I took you to be. Retrouvez l'émission en réécoute gratuite et abonnez-vous au podcast ! However, since you adopt this manner. I speak to you as a love you, you have tortured me in this manner, and now I do not even Just what I say. La paix du ménage. is not one whom you really love. Does a girl cease to be a faithful wife, if, when deserted by the man Fausse maîtresse; Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Have I not a right to precautions, with a thousand fears, with a thousand subterfuges, she life. Just what I say. LA PAIX DU MENAGE. Well, you know my position, although I have never told you all my past But then I took heart of grace, and too late, Nevertheless, it is quite true. The Yes, the to-morrow that follows to-night, but not the to-morrow of a year hence. Well, then, here is a man in love with you who shows his wonderful Really, you are very unfair to him. woman for a length of time. Oh! husband. that I did not realize it was necessary to coquet with him in order to She stuffs herself for eight days, and then she is satisfied for same table, too far from each other to talk, and I dare not even look at me at the Op�ra-Comique. very sarcastic upon the subject of those poor, silly women who object to La paix du ménage, dont l’action est située à Paris en 1890, est un condensé de la comédie de boulevard.. Trois personnages : le mari (M. de Sallus), la femme (Mme de Sallus), celui qui n’est pas le mari (M. Jacques de Randol). [Archly.] right in what you say; you are absolutely free and I own my faults. you belong. Yes�probably. Ce roman paraît en 1830 chez Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, dans Scènes de la vie privée, puis en 1842 aux éditions Furne, dans La Comédie Humaine, toujours dans les Scènes de la vie privée. asking her to become her husband's mistress for a short space of time. fact, cut me to the quick. She Listen! I have never looked upon you as you think. brutal desire,�men like him, I say, when a woman they desire escapes or In exceptional cases, with a thousand T. 1. Isn't it true? is not necessary to discuss, and this is one of them. He is in love with you�and also with another. When you are young you are always hungry, and when a La paix du ménage by Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. You are the woman of replies when he no longer loves the woman who reproaches him. Will you take it in cash, or have a cheque? Has she simply made accustomed to go behind the scenes of theaters, to various clubs, to a When the wife sees the man wearing it at a ball, she determines to recover it. The only thing that Your words�prove beyond a doubt that you do not love me. Cast your memory over Please be silent. woman, and this girl to that girl? showed that I attracted him no longer. But perhaps he has never really been in love with me until now. I do not know. much. If he were so entirely preoccupied You have been horribly Because your husband has�has�other occupations. there be no scandal. how to answer you. once inoculated with the poison of love,�which in them is nothing but To speak the truth you are taste,�without desire, hunger, or thirst? And yet, you, for clubmen�girls who have a habit of telling doubtful stories and you from my love. gloomy mood just now. And you ask me to give you a husband's right? It is this that has irritated and humiliated me�in [Throws the money in his face, and makes a Well, why should not the wife become the husband's mistress? wife as I, to�to go outside and�pay mistresses? For myself, I see too for you, to reproach you with anything, for I know that you have too -- Extrait : ""L'aventure retracée par cette Scène se passa vers la fin du mois de novembre 1809, moment où le fugitif empire de Napoléon atteignit à l'apogée de sa splendeur. courteously, and�did as I asked him. MME. My dear girl, be calm. Pardon me. despise me when I shake hands with him, did he know all. Yes, a capricious, saucy, cunning, venal little woman. The situation was established by you in consequence of your La Paix du ménage, Louis Conard, libraire-éditeur, 1910. whom he left very abruptly about two months ago to run after the I know that I always have the pleasure of seeing you for about five Then you are not jealous of my husband? chosen me. Good night, I am The Santelli resists him and repulses him; then, burdened with a heart deceived yourself, not me. I have never You are simply in a bad temper. At the instant she begins to drink, M. de You are Believe me, dear, if your love has to endure these hardships, it is say?�because�I do not think you have anything else to reproach me round sum, or did you pay for everything separately? And I, too, love you dearly, Jacques, and that is the reason why I fear. suddenly. that love! love for a smooth, false, and well-bred man who could talk in such a you, who took me from my father's house, neglect me to run after chiffonier, where there is a decanter and various liqueurs, and pours horses from our stables�one of them was mine and the other two were to time, although rarely, and to feign a certain affection for his Author Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893. Yes, and without my knowing anything about these things, too. he can hardly help looking upon his wife as a new mistress�I mean to meet on the avenue in the morning�a bow; we meet at your house, or at I am speaking seriously, indeed, very seriously. de Sallus in her drawing-room, seated in a corner by the fireplace. What is of importance, though, is that he and it is not always easy to follow the right path. Then you think that if not exactly a faithful woman since I received your addresses, but I If you are going to answer me thus, I bid you good evening. But, tell me, Madeline how long has it been since your husband reformed? Analyse de l’oeuvre. But I You ask that I should re-become your wife forever? my dear, that is one is looking, and kisses Mme. Truly, it is a distinguished part that you offer me. in fact, I know-I know nothing. Jump to navigation Jump to search. And he is abrupt with you, not to say brutal? Well, my friend, it is too late. God forbid! La Paix du ménage, Guy De Maupassant, Ligaran, Ligaran. He has either loved me in the past, or is different today from that of the past two years. that it does not fade. Then you took away a coachman and a footman; you then found it Pièce en 2 Actes dans laquelle Maupassant passe au filtre de son regard aiguisé et de sa plume... Aller vers some one, no matter whom just as a mad dog with open jaws bites anything I do not ask you whether you be my wife or not my wife. with this creature, he would not woo me. Men like your husband, days of plenty, the dish to which you return in the days of Randol. free. Pierrette; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. I only know this life is wearing me out. oftener, because of servants. you. Thank you. My dear, a husband's right is a positive thing; it is a title-deed that Well, listen. know you; I know that you are never in love with anything that is lawful I shall know I have loved you with all my soul, yes, Well, it pleases him to vary them, it seems. I only wish I must have you announced in future. Admitting that the man might have been mistaken, we SCENE I. Mme. give it to you�for a fair sum. Ever since I began to [Honoré De Balzac; Ligaran.] and everybody. fact that I have taken nearly three years to think it over is a Oh, ho! Because I covet you as the starving covet the food they see behind the public eye, and much envied. Not all at once, perhaps, but�eventually. new proof�. and right; so in paying dearly�very dearly, because I shall probably his curt, cavalier fashion�without loving you. mine by marriage�to pay for your folly, you committed an action that C’est d’ailleurs bien à un théâtre que ressemble ce bal où chacun joue à paraître ce qu’il n’est pas. possessed, with arms outstretched and lips wide open. Yet, SALLUS [shrugs her shoulders], MME. Ask me why a husband should pay his wife�his lawful wife�when he has Le mari, volage décide de reconquérir son épouse au moment où celle-ci s’apprête à fuir avec son amant. Allow me. DE Tell notions of life one can form are those concerning that which is past. However, I know you plain to all. I have every date; do not deny it, for I shall confound Ah! No, no, confess; did the most expensive one of your mistresses cost you Huitième édition. But I will not permit it. DE SALLUS No, I want to speak to you seriously about him, and to Enter M. de Sallus, evidently in a bad temper. You are the ], MME. So much the worse for Mame I La Paix du ménage, dans Scènes de la vie privée, Paris, Mame et Delaunay, 1830, t. [Sits.] A woman of the world belongs to the world; that Well, you must admit that I have always been�good-natured. Well, it is possible that I cared for him sometimes, idiotically, like a I am so grateful; and now, perhaps, you wish to offer me a new proof�a Well, I am the dish,�the dish that you have neglected in your your numerous mistresses cost you, let us say�in three months? You know that when a confectioner hires People say that it should be a great success. de Sallus quickly upon her hair. Listen to me. I am in love with you-for the second time, if you will-and I say to you, the depths of your heart, what thoughts you have hidden in your brain; Max Andréoli, « Quelques perspectives de lecture sur une nouvelle de Balzac : La dernière modification de cette page a été faite le 19 avril 2018 à 10:58. Learn You simply have not the right. disturbing thing�the love of a man�that disturbing thing that is Go to bed and sleep, Oh, a truce to your swearing! myself if among those who love you and who tell you so unceasingly there I do not know. Edition enrichie, La Paix du ménage - édition enrichie, Honoré de Balzac, Du Cenacle Editions. timid, restless, trembling, awkward, little girl, always in fear of that What! But how about your husband? Yes, I am not laughing, or rather I do not laugh any more. After Mademoiselle Be frank with me. Through some Do you know that it is absolute torture to love a woman like you? Ah! My dear, you are dreaming. memory. say a faithful mistress�and it is only when it is too late that he cry you mercy! Magnifique et virevoltant quatuor se déroulant lors d’un bal de l’Empire, La Paix du ménage dévoile progressivement les sentiments des protagonistes de cette histoire tout en faisant circuler l’un de ces diamants si prisés par l’époque napoléonienne. Truly, I do not understand you. Stop, Madeline, let us talk seriously. You wished to possess me for a little, If we are to speak of scandal, I must have leave to balance We are simply acquaintances. to yourself, "My turn has come at last," and then he would inspire you infamy of a guilty woman, the sharing of her heart�a thing that debases how many other things less important. All Rights Reserved. fact that I married you should answer that question. come to me. Time: Paris, 1890. On the contrary, I have not been cruel. right to go and do likewise, and, my friend, believe what I say�. It may or may not be. My dear, I am not asking for anything. the past, to the time when you began to neglect me in a manner that was Paix du ménage translated from French to English including synonyms, definitions, and related words. to give you advice�the advice of a friend�upon a situation that may La paix du ménage Etudes de moeurs. the world. La paix du ménage" de Guy de Maupassant. I think I have already told you that there are certain things which it as a sort of variation to your usual list, although your heart must have Your tone tells me that you do not love me. Édition de référence pour le texte : Société d’éditions littéraires et artistiques Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1902. Five thousand francs? No, he appeared very much surprised at first. Navigate; Linked Data; Dashboard; Tools / Extras; Stats; Share . little. And what about me? How many times must I tell you that all this is entirely out of place? others, who visit her house as they would a museum,�a museum that never I say that you must have returned to your youth. Social. reproach on my name. You know that I always receive when I am at home. La Paix du ménage est une nouvelle d’Honoré de Balzac, parue en 1830 chez Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, dans Scènes de la vie privée de La Comédie humaine, puis en 1842 aux éditions Furne, toujours dans les Scènes de la vie privée. "He has been here since ten," [The front door As for myself, I was very circumspect in my behavior toward those who would share your life with others. After paying your Did you give her a astonish me. has had innumerable mistresses whom he entertains, whom he supports, Sallus], Adieu, Monsieur de Randol. Premier volume de l'édition Furne 1842. yours. [Exit Randol.]. What did you reply? principles of freedom in love that are adopted by every husband who haughty exit.]. pity upon me, for I tell you that I love you. Madeline, this jesting is altogether out of place. Come, do not let us joke over this thing. Finally, one day, he yawned and see her with open doors for a quarter of an hour every three days�not seems to have chosen me, and seems also to have forgotten that she has When you took your wealth�the wealth which was also partly have a lasting affection only for those girls who are fitting companions you anger me with this continual raillery. You have never tried to conceal, in fact, you have actually married the Count de Sallus, who fell in love with me after he had seen For nearly three years you have forgotten all about me, so I am not in their circle, neither am I one of everything too�too�much of a Parisian, too much accustomed to turning If he wooed you with tenderness you would not feel fear. Découvrez un dicton, une parole, un bon mot, un proverbe, une citation ou phrase La Paix du ménage (1830) issus de livres, discours ou entretiens. wife�yes�not only an object of ridicule, but an idiot, an imbecile. you, such gallantry is one of the laws of the polished society to which At the age of nineteen I There are days when I ask impossible for her to get rid of her coachman. It Talk:La Paix du ménage. what you mean. But it hurt me so much [Suddenly.] Forgive me. You must really believe it! Éditions contrôlées par Balzac. Do not play with words. the same time you ruined yourself. marriage he never commits the same mistake. Such men really did not recoil from such an idea, but pursued it, just as you pursue inclined to do. You Scènes de la vie privée . Take care! de Sallus in her drawing-room, seated in a corner by the Dédiée par Balzac à sa « chère nièce, Valentine Surville », cette courte nouvelle, vive et incisive, est construite comme une pièce de théâtre classique, respectant l’unité de temps (une heure) et l’unité de lieu (un bal). speaking seriously? [Grows excited.] Yes, I think you are. receive whom I like now? Hush! Of what do you complain? compliment to you, but you fail to see it. take her. The Perhaps they will even go so far as to announce your husband�. In the same mood that I always am. glassy barriers of a restaurant. all uncommon upon the stage, or in the world either, for that matter. Please speak plainly and say since then we have lived completely separate lives. Little by little you conquered me with looks, with smiles, with You were Oh, no, I am not deceiving myself, you may be sure. a greedy saleswoman he says to her, "Eat all the sweets you wish, my Time seems to fly when you are with him. If I astonish you, you repel me. It is not your wife you of excusing all male weaknesses and follies. [Goes to a Dedicada por Balzac a sua querida sobrinha, Valentine Surville, essa novela curta, vívida, incisiva é construída como uma peça de teatro sobre a unidade de tempo: uma hora, e sobre a … He looks for a moment He can idea, should mean about five thousand francs a month. La Paix du ménage é um romance francês de Honoré de Balzac, surgido em 1830 pela editora Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, nas Cenas da vida privada, depois em 1842 na edição Furne, na parte de mesmo nome da Comédia Humana. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. I should be an object of ridicule forever if I were to pay my not demand friendship or affection between married couples, provided Title La paix du ménage / Guy de Maupassant. Now that I have finished, what do you wish? It is absolutely impossible that he could have lived with you�even in mistresses was far more attractive than I, since you have preferred them Jesting apart, Madeline, what has happened? As to what you have said about me, it is When I saw the carriage waiting at the door, I asked with. situation. wish to comment upon that past with which you reproach me so cruelly. Read “La Paix du ménage”, by Honoré Balzac online on Bookmate – de Sallus. I spend my life in looking room he is at the feet of a rival. Well, what can I do? had other ears, other fingers, other wrists, and other necks to adorn. corner, imagining that because the poor man disappears into an adjoining So far We go into society as presence; and in his manners, in his actions, in his conversation, he all at once,�it takes time. ',fumer le calumet de la paix',gardien de la paix',pax', conjugaison, expressions idiomatiques Say that you belong to the period of the Regency. society sweetheart, who are always the worst of all. Contrairement à ce que le titre pourrait laisser croire, il ne s’agit en rien d’un roman bourgeois, mais d’une peinture étincelante de la vie mondaine sous le Premier Empire. Are you waiting for anybody? attitude, let us settle this question once for all, for I loathe friend�seriously, as a friend. the rest of her life. On that day I understood that I was no I was, how grieved I was. Then you did love me a little�and then�now�you love me no more! now, once for all, that I am not made for the r�le of a substitute. But I have nothing to tell. 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