BY A HOT DAY OF SUMMER, IN PARIS, TWO MEN, BOUVARD AND PÉCUCHET, MEET AND KNOW. THEY FIND THAT, NOT ONLY THEY EXERCISE THE SAME BUSINESS (COPY), BUT IN ADDITION THEY HAVE THE SAME CENTERS OF INTEREST. IF THEY COULD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. A STRONG OPPORTUNITY WILL ALLOW THEM TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. THEY REPRESENT A FARM IN THE CALVADOS, NOT FAR FROM CAEN AND LAUNCH IN AGRICULTURE. THEIR INCAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND WILL NOT RESULT ON DISASTERS. IN THE SAME WAY, THEY WILL GO TO MEDICINE, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY, POLITICS WITH THE SAME RESULTS. LASTED BY SO CHESS, THEY RETURN TO THEIR WORK OF COPYING.