The Writer on Holiday – Essay Summary

Written by Roland Barthes, first appeared in France-Observateur magazine in 9/09/1954. Translated and published in Mythologies, 1972. Gibe is reading a book by a Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, a Bishop and politician of the 17th century. What image does this portray of the writer for the middle class? Barthes then goes on to explain what a holiday …