Les quinze joyes de mariage / Conforme au manuscript de la bibliothèque publique de Rouen

The text presents fifteen ironic vignettes that list the supposed joys of married life, each turning unexpectedly into satirical sketches exposing domestic annoyances, infidelities, self-deception, and social pretenses. Through brisk anecdotes, wry observation, and a recurring rueful refrain at the end of every unit, it alternates comedy and melancholy to scrutinize human foibles within conjugal bonds. Its language mixes colloquial turns and deliberate naïveté to amplify irony, while structure—short episodes capped by the same closing motif—creates a cumulative portrait of marriage as a source of persistent, often comic discomfort rather than felicity.