Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

Exploring the evolving dynamics between writers and their audiences, this work reflects on the distant relationship that modern readers maintain with authors compared to the past. The author humorously suggests that contemporary readers are more akin to indifferent nephews rather than engaged participants. Through clever observations, the text critiques the decline of readership and the challenges writers face in connecting with their audience, highlighting a nostalgic longing for a time when literature fostered closer bonds.