Le Journal de la Belle Meunière / Le Général Boulanger et son amie; souvenirs vécus

A first‑person narrator writing under the name Belle Meunière records her intimate recollections of close encounters with General Boulanger, interweaving vivid public scenes of popular acclaim with private moments. Presented as successive journal chapters, the text follows stays at provincial hotels, travels to London and Jersey, and the intervals between visits, shifting between descriptive crowd episodes, quiet reminiscences, and reflective commentary. The memoir traces the unfolding and eventual decline of a personal association while offering melancholic observations on fame, attachment, and the small domestic and travel details that surround the two principal figures.