"Vie privée et publique des animaux" by P.-J. Stahl and J. J. Grandville is an illustrated satirical work published in 1842. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, animals decide to end human tyranny and form a parliament in Paris. Through first-person animal narratives written by multiple authors including Balzac and George Sand, the work examines quests for better governance and society. Storks personify harmonious people, wolves represent strict egalitarians, and a sparrow searches the world for the best government in this bestselling French parody. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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