Œuvres complètes de Chamfort (Tome 2) / Recueillies et publiées, avec une notice historique sur la vie et les écrits de l'auteur.

A collected volume assembles short and long prose ranging from sharp maxims and epigrams to critical essays, theatrical theory, and historical sketches. It juxtaposes concise observations on manners and society with longer political tableaux responding to revolutionary moments, literary criticism of drama and fable, and anecdotal notes drawn from salon life. The tone moves between caustic satire and reflective analysis, favoring pointed judgment and stylistic precision. The material is organized to balance compact aphorisms, critical articles, dramatic commentary, and extended historical or political pieces that together display recurrent themes of social critique, civic passion, and attention to rhetorical form.