Le Paysan parvenu

aka The Fortunate Peasant

Up from the Country

Author

Pierre de Marivaux

Language

French

Year

1734

Country

France

Genre

Novel

enlightenment

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Le Paysan parvenu is an unfinished novel by Pierre de Marivaux. Five parts by Marivaux appeared from May 1734 to April 1735, and an ending was added by another writer. The work is supposedly the original for subsequent tales of poor boys of a heroic nature who have "made good". The change in style is noticeable from Marivaux's literary style to the more racy conclusion written by the other author.