1860. Mister Perrichon is the epitome of bourgeois respectability: a rich shopkeeper, vain and smug, but with morals that adapt to circumstances. He retires from business and takes his wife ... Read all1860. Mister Perrichon is the epitome of bourgeois respectability: a rich shopkeeper, vain and smug, but with morals that adapt to circumstances. He retires from business and takes his wife and daughter Henriette on a trip to Mont-Blanc.1860. Mister Perrichon is the epitome of bourgeois respectability: a rich shopkeeper, vain and smug, but with morals that adapt to circumstances. He retires from business and takes his wife and daughter Henriette on a trip to Mont-Blanc.