Les Comptes fantastiques de Haussmann
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"Les Comptes fantastiques de Haussmann" is a text by Jules Ferry. It is and indictment of the bold handling of public funds for Haussmann's renovation of Paris. It was published in 1867, its title being a play on words between contes, stories or tales - as in Les contes d'Hoffmann or Tales of Hoffmann, and comptes, accounts.
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