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Sentence
In
1893,
Georges
Courteline
immortalised
France's
petty
bureaucrats
in
a
satirical
novel
called
Messieurs
les
Ronds-de-Cuir,
after
the
leather
cushions
that
civil
servants
sat
on.
The
"ronds-de-cuir"
are
still
ridiculed
and
detested.
Like
Courteline's
bureaucrats,
the
tormentors
of
the
préfecture
derive
sadistic
pleasure
from
sending
people
away
for
ever
more
documents.
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In 1893, Georges Courteline immortalised France's petty bureaucrats in a satirical novel called Messieurs les Ronds-de-Cuir, after the leather cushions that civil servants sat on. The ronds-de-cuir
are still ridiculed and detested. Like Courteline's bureaucrats, the tormentors of the préfecture derive sadistic pleasure from sending people away for ever more documents.
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