Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man. But Mr Lanlaire is not a right choice: all the ho
use is fi
rmly con
trolled by Mme
Lanlaire, h
elped by the s
trange v
alet Josep
h. Then she
tries th
e neigh
bour, ex-of
ficer M
auger. T
his seems to
work. But soon
the son
of the Lanlair
es comes b
ack. He is you
ng, att
ractive, and
does n
ot share his
mother&
amp;#39;s
anti-rep
ublicans op
inions. So
Celestin
e&#39
;s beauty att
racts Captain
Mauger, young
Georges Lanlai
re, and a
lso Joseph. T
hree men, f
rom three di
fferent soci
al classes,
with th
ree different c
onceptions of l
ife. Will
Celestine
be able to
convince Geo
rges of her
sincerity ? W
ill sinist
er and inf
lexible J
oseph let
his views upo
n Celestine
be ruin
ed ? A quite d
isillusion
ed depic
tion of huma
nity.　　Celestin
e, the cha
mbermaid
, has a new jo
b in the countr
y, at the
Lanlaires. Sh
e has de
cided to use