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| - | '''''L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet''''' est un [[roman policier]] belge de [[Georges Simenon]] publié en [[1950 en littérature|1950]] aux [[Presses de la Cité]]. | + | '''''L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet''''' (1950; English: The funeral of Mr Bouvet) is a '[[roman dur]]' by [[Georges Simenon]]. It was translated in English as ''Inquest on Bouvet'' and as ''The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet''. |
| - | Simenon achève l'écriture de ce roman le 25 février [[1950]] à Carmel by the Sea (Californie), [[États-Unis]]. | + | == Summary == |
| - | == Résumé == | + | One morning in August, a small bourgeois man, Mr. Bouvet, dies suddenly, while leafing through the pictures of a [[bouquinistes de Paris|bouquiniste]] on the banks of the [[Seine]], not far from his apartment on the [[quai de la Tournelle]]. He is believed to be without family. The scene having been [[photographed]] by an American student, his portrait is spread by the press. |
| - | Un matin du mois d'août, un petit bourgeois, M. Bouvet, meurt subitement, en feuilletant les images d'un [[bouquinistes de Paris|bouquiniste]] des bords de la [[Seine]], non loin de son appartement du [[quai de la Tournelle]]. On le croit sans famille. La scène ayant été [[photograph]]iée par un étudiant américain, son portrait est diffusé par la presse. | + | A woman introduced herself and recognizes the [[dead man]] as her husband, Samuel Marsh, an American citizen, whose whereabouts she had lost twenty years ago while he was working in a gold mine in [[Congo-Brazzaville|Congo]]. The daughter of the deceased and her husband show up at the bedside of the dead man. A dispatch arrives from Antwerp: Marsh's former partner in Congo-Brazzaville, Joris Costermans, has proof that Marsh's identity is also false. |
| - | Une femme se présente et reconnaît le mort comme étant son mari, Samuel Marsh, sujet américain, dont elle a perdu la trace, il y a vingt ans, alors qu'il exploitait une mine d'or au [[Congo-Brazzaville|Congo]]. La fille du défunt et son mari se présentent à leur tour au chevet du mort. Arrive une dépêche d'[[Anvers]] : l'ancien associé de Marsh au [[Congo-Brazzaville|Congo]], Joris Costermans, détient la preuve que l'identité de Marsh est également fausse. | + | Inspector Beaupère's investigation leads to the discovery of the dead man's sister in the person of Mrs. Lair: his real name is Gaston Lamblot, the son of a family from Roubaix who, after starting his university studies, mysteriously disappeared. At the Judicial Identity Department, a file from [[1897]] shows that Lamblot was involved in a criminal case of settling accounts. Inspector Beaupère, continuing his research, finds a former prostitute, Mme Blanche, who lived with Lamblot, who frequented [[anarchist]]s circles before [[World War I]]. |
| - | L'enquête dont est chargé l'inspecteur Beaupère permet de découvrir en la personne d'une Mme Lair la sœur du mort : celui-ci se nomme en réalité Gaston Lamblot, il est le fils d'une famille lainière de [[Roubaix]] qui, après un début d'études universitaires, a disparu mystérieusement. Au service de l'Identité judiciaire, une fiche de [[1897]] fait apparaître que Lamblot a été impliqué dans une affaire criminelle de règlement de comptes. L'inspecteur Beaupère, poursuivant ses recherches, retrouve une ancienne prostituée, Mme Blanche, qui a vécu avec Lamblot, lequel fréquentait les milieux [[anarchiste]]s avant la [[Première Guerre mondiale]]. | + | At the end of these setbacks, which delayed Mr. Bouvet's funeral to the great disappointment of his concierge, who had made all the arrangements, a new incident occurs: the arrest, in front of Mr. Bouvet's home where he had come to prowl, of a character whom the concierge recognizes and took to be a "[[Kraut]]" who, during the German occupation, had come to see Mr. Bouvet while he was hiding in the free zone. In reality, it is an agent of the Intelligence Service, O'Brien, who had heard of the agent Corsico, "the best paid spy of the 1914-1918 war", working for England in Spain: it was none other than Mr. Bouvet, whom O'Brien, knowing that he was wanted by the Gestapo, had seen fit to warn, even though he did not know him. |
| - | Au terme de ces contretemps qui ont retardé l'enterrement de M. Bouvet au grand désappointement de sa concierge qui en a réglé les préparatifs, survient un nouvel incident : l'arrestation, en face du domicile de M. Bouvet où il est venu rôder, d'un personnage que la concierge reconnaît et prend pour un « [[Boche]] » qui, sous l'occupation allemande, s'était présenté pour voir M. Bouvet, alors que celui-ci se cachait en zone libre. En réalité, il s'agit d'un agent de l'Intelligence Service, O'Brien, qui a entendu parler de l'agent Corsico, « l'espion le mieux payé de la [[guerre 1914-1918]] », travaillant au service de l'[[Angleterre]], en [[Espagne]] : ce n'est autre que M. Bouvet qu'O'Brien, le sachant recherché par la [[Gestapo]], avait cru bon de prévenir, bien qu'il ne le connût pas. | + | Mr. Bouvet can finally be buried, and will leave surrounded by those who found him. |
| - | On peut enfin enterrer M. Bouvet, qui partira entouré de ceux qui l'ont retrouvé. | + | == Particular aspects of the novel |
| + | The story, which proceeds from the twists and turns brought about by the revelation of the successive identities of the peaceful Mr. Bouvet, gives us a glimpse of the life of the man. The underlying theme of marginality is that of the "old man's life". The underlying theme of marginality emerges sporadically and takes shape in the episodic figure of an old tramp nicknamed the Professor. | ||
| - | == Aspects particuliers du roman<ref>L'Univers de Simenon, sous la direction de Maurice Piron avec la collaboration de Michel Lemoine</ref> == | + | == Work description == |
| - | Le récit, qui procède de rebondissements entraînés par la révélation des identités successives du paisible M. Bouvet, fait entrevoir la trame d’un passé tissé d’existences diverses. Le thème sous-jacent de la marginalité émerge sporadiquement et se concrétise dans la figure épisodique d’un vieux clochard surnommé le Professeur. | + | |
| - | == Fiche signalétique de l'ouvrage == | + | === Space and time frame === |
| - | === Cadre spatio-temporel === | + | ==== Space ==== |
| + | [[Paris]] (the quays of the Seine). | ||
| - | ==== Espace ==== | + | ==== Time ==== |
| - | [[Paris]] (les quais de [[Seine]]). | + | Contemporary time, in the aftermath of [[World War II]]. |
| - | ==== Temps ==== | + | === The characters === |
| - | Époque contemporaine, au lendemain de la [[Seconde Guerre mondiale]]. | + | |
| - | === Les personnages === | + | ==== Main character ==== |
| + | Gaston Lamblot, aka René Bouvet, aka Samuel Marsh, aka Corsico, married to an American woman. Father of a daughter whom he lost sight of after his household was abandoned in [[1932]]. About 75 years old. | ||
| - | ==== Personnage principal ==== | + | ==== Other characters ==== |
| - | Gaston Lamblot, alias René Bouvet, alias Samuel Marsh, alias Corsico, marié à une Américaine. Père d’une fille qu’il a perdue de vue après l’abandon de son ménage en [[1932]]. Environ 75 ans. | + | * Mrs. Jeanne, Mr. Bouvet's janitor |
| + | * Mrs. Mary Marsh, his wife | ||
| + | * Mrs. Lair, his sister | ||
| + | * Miss Blanche, one of his former companions | ||
| + | * Inspector Beaupère, of the French Judicial Police. | ||
| - | ==== Autres personnages ==== | ||
| - | * Mme Jeanne, concierge de M. Bouvet | ||
| - | * Mrs Mary Marsh, son épouse | ||
| - | * Mme Lair, sa sœur | ||
| - | * Mlle Blanche, une de ses anciennes compagnes | ||
| - | * L’inspecteur Beaupère, de la [[Police judiciaire en droit français|P.J]]. | ||
| == Adaptations == | == Adaptations == | ||
| * [[1980 à la télévision|1980]] : ''L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet'', [[téléfilm]] français réalisé par [[Guy-André Lefranc]], avec [[Pierre Risch]] (M. Bouvet), [[Andrée Tainsy]] (Mme Blanche), [[Renée Faure]] (Mme Lair), [[Georges Chamarat]] (le Clochard) et [[Victor Garrivier]] (Inspecteur Beaupère). | * [[1980 à la télévision|1980]] : ''L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet'', [[téléfilm]] français réalisé par [[Guy-André Lefranc]], avec [[Pierre Risch]] (M. Bouvet), [[Andrée Tainsy]] (Mme Blanche), [[Renée Faure]] (Mme Lair), [[Georges Chamarat]] (le Clochard) et [[Victor Garrivier]] (Inspecteur Beaupère). | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Apache]] | + | *[[Apaches (subculture) ]] |
| - | + | *[[Double life]] | |
| + | *[[Print collector]] | ||
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L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet (1950; English: The funeral of Mr Bouvet) is a 'roman dur' by Georges Simenon. It was translated in English as Inquest on Bouvet and as The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet.
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Summary
One morning in August, a small bourgeois man, Mr. Bouvet, dies suddenly, while leafing through the pictures of a bouquiniste on the banks of the Seine, not far from his apartment on the quai de la Tournelle. He is believed to be without family. The scene having been photographed by an American student, his portrait is spread by the press.
A woman introduced herself and recognizes the dead man as her husband, Samuel Marsh, an American citizen, whose whereabouts she had lost twenty years ago while he was working in a gold mine in Congo. The daughter of the deceased and her husband show up at the bedside of the dead man. A dispatch arrives from Antwerp: Marsh's former partner in Congo-Brazzaville, Joris Costermans, has proof that Marsh's identity is also false.
Inspector Beaupère's investigation leads to the discovery of the dead man's sister in the person of Mrs. Lair: his real name is Gaston Lamblot, the son of a family from Roubaix who, after starting his university studies, mysteriously disappeared. At the Judicial Identity Department, a file from 1897 shows that Lamblot was involved in a criminal case of settling accounts. Inspector Beaupère, continuing his research, finds a former prostitute, Mme Blanche, who lived with Lamblot, who frequented anarchists circles before World War I.
At the end of these setbacks, which delayed Mr. Bouvet's funeral to the great disappointment of his concierge, who had made all the arrangements, a new incident occurs: the arrest, in front of Mr. Bouvet's home where he had come to prowl, of a character whom the concierge recognizes and took to be a "Kraut" who, during the German occupation, had come to see Mr. Bouvet while he was hiding in the free zone. In reality, it is an agent of the Intelligence Service, O'Brien, who had heard of the agent Corsico, "the best paid spy of the 1914-1918 war", working for England in Spain: it was none other than Mr. Bouvet, whom O'Brien, knowing that he was wanted by the Gestapo, had seen fit to warn, even though he did not know him.
Mr. Bouvet can finally be buried, and will leave surrounded by those who found him.
== Particular aspects of the novel The story, which proceeds from the twists and turns brought about by the revelation of the successive identities of the peaceful Mr. Bouvet, gives us a glimpse of the life of the man. The underlying theme of marginality is that of the "old man's life". The underlying theme of marginality emerges sporadically and takes shape in the episodic figure of an old tramp nicknamed the Professor.
Work description
Space and time frame
Space
Paris (the quays of the Seine).
Time
Contemporary time, in the aftermath of World War II.
The characters
Main character
Gaston Lamblot, aka René Bouvet, aka Samuel Marsh, aka Corsico, married to an American woman. Father of a daughter whom he lost sight of after his household was abandoned in 1932. About 75 years old.
Other characters
- Mrs. Jeanne, Mr. Bouvet's janitor
- Mrs. Mary Marsh, his wife
- Mrs. Lair, his sister
- Miss Blanche, one of his former companions
- Inspector Beaupère, of the French Judicial Police.
Adaptations
- 1980 : L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet, téléfilm français réalisé par Guy-André Lefranc, avec Pierre Risch (M. Bouvet), Andrée Tainsy (Mme Blanche), Renée Faure (Mme Lair), Georges Chamarat (le Clochard) et Victor Garrivier (Inspecteur Beaupère).
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