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"Mon curé chez les pauvres" by Clément Vautel is a novel written in the early 20th century. It offers a satirical yet affectionate portrait of Abbé Pellegrin, a plainspoken village priest and former poilu whose fierce loyalty to the poor collides with church authority, local politics, and the commerce of sacred art. When a smooth-talking “art critic” tempts him with funds for his destitute parish in exchange for a worm‑eaten crucifix, his choice ignites a public scandal that pits charity against aesthetics and power.
The opening of the novel follows Abbé Pellegrin in Sableuse, where Achille de Saint‑Preux, a faux art critic, lures him with 5,000 francs “for the poor” and a flashy new statue to replace the old wooden Christ; after hesitation, the curé yields, and the man snatches the antique and flees. Exposed in the press as the Levantine dealer Zaphyri, the thief triggers uproar; the bishop sternly rebukes the curé, while the châtelains, the ambitious Cousinet couple, blame him for t
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