Project Gutenberg 2005-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 47 Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de 1838 1889 De L'Isle-Adam, Auguste Villiers, comte de Isle-Adam, Auguste Villiers de L', comte de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste Villiers de, comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste, comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe-Auguste-Mathias, comte de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste de Villiers de Tribulat Bonhomet Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Le Tueur de cygnes -- Motion du Dr Tribulat Bonhomet touchant l'utilisation des tremblements de terre -- Le Banquet des Éventualistes -- Claire Lenoir -- Les Visions merveilleuses du Dr Tribulat Bonhomet. Produced by Credits line: Carlo Traverso, C. Tanguy and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net "Tribulat Bonhomet" by comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book introduces the character of Doctor Tribulat Bonhomet, a peculiar and introspective individual whose interests veer towards the bizarre, particularly in the realm of natural history and the macabre. It promises a blend of black humor and philosophical musings, exploring the themes of mortality, artistic appreciation, and human eccentricities. The opening of the novel sets the stage as we meet Doctor Bonhomet, who is captivated by a group of swans and indulges in an unsettling ritual of observing and torturing them for the sake of their beauty and song. This juxtaposition creates an eerie atmosphere and foreshadows the complex relationship Bonhomet has with the idea of art, music, and life itself. The narrative immediately draws readers into the peculiar psyche of the doctor, highlighting his obsession with aesthetics, death, and the nature of existence. Through this initial glimpse, readers can anticipate a story steeped in dark humor and reflective observations on the human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 269398 269242 2024-10-07T15:19:28.867251 2023-09-08T05:42:30.735565 text/html text/html 269391 269235 2024-10-07T15:19:29.122264 2023-09-08T05:42:30.883570 text/html text/html 179776 2024-10-07T15:19:36.274213 application/epub+zip 182665 2024-10-07T15:19:32.185275 application/epub+zip 165656 2024-10-07T15:19:30.948325 application/epub+zip 344189 2024-10-07T15:19:39.512192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318140 2024-10-07T15:19:35.526278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291012 2022-09-08T10:54:17.416586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237615 237510 2024-10-07T15:19:28.523311 2023-09-08T05:42:30.504555 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 232021 2005-12-26T15:28:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 95381 2005-12-26T15:28:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20544 2024-10-07T15:19:39.641211 application/rdf+xml 13683 2024-10-07T15:19:31.511258 image/jpeg 3427 2024-10-07T15:19:31.225259 image/jpeg 175662 2024-10-07T15:19:29.146277 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia