# The surprises of life Author: Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929; Hall, Grace [Translator] Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40618 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+surprises+of+life+Clemenceau&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It may be that you knew Mokoubamba who became famous in Passy for his labours as a reseater of rush-bottomed chairs, weaver of mats, of baskets and hampers, mender of all things breakable, teller of tales, entertainer of the passerby, lover of all haunts where poor mortality resorts to eat and drink. He was an old Negro from the coast of Guinea, very black as to skin, wholly white as to hair, with great velvety black eyes and the jaws of a crocodile whence issued childlike laughter. He used to honour me with his visits on his way home at evening when he had not sold quite all his wares. With abundance of words and gestures, he would explain to me how fortunate I was to need precisely the... ## Chapters - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-surprises-of-life-40618/chapters/15/index.md)