In this novel, the title character is shot in the knee but nursed back to health by Denise, who becomes his lover; that title character believes that every event is written on "a scroll up above.
Because he wishes to run off with his mistress, a character in this novel files a lawsuit against himself to void all the furniture from his house but loses the case and ends up in jail. At the end of this novel, the protagonist loosens the strap of a saddle, causing a man to fall off his horse. In this novel, the hostess of the Stag Inn describes a "strange marriage" in which a widow tricks the Marquis des Arcis into marrying a prostitute. In this novel, the title character is shot in the knee but nursed back to health by Denise, who becomes his lover; that title character believes that every event is written on "a scroll up above." For 10 points, name this novel about a Frenchman with a pessimistic philosophy written by Denis Diderot.
Because he wishes to run off with his mistress, a character in this novel files a lawsuit against himself to void all the furniture from his house but loses the case and ends up in jail.
Jacques the Fatalist and His Master [or Jacques le Fataliste et Son Maître] &lt;Mehr&gt;