Project Gutenberg 2005-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 34 Couperus, Louis 1863 1923 Couperus, Louis Marie Anne Korte Arabesken: Bébert le Boucher en André le Pêcheur Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Johan Boelaert "Korte Arabesken: Bébert le Boucher en André le Pêcheur" by Louis Couperus is a novella written in the early 20th century. This literary work presents a nuanced exploration of friendship, aging, and the human condition through the lens of two contrasting characters, Bébert le Boucher—a burly, somewhat brutish wrestler—and André le Pêcheur, a cheerful fisherman. The narrative unfolds in the coastal town of Nice, where these characters encounter the once-great wrestler, the Lion du Littoral, whose decline serves as the focal tragedy of the story. The plot centers around the interactions that occur one fateful evening as the unnamed narrator, identified as "monsieur le duc," grapples with the melancholic atmosphere ushered in by an approaching storm. The central themes emerge through the protagonist's concern for the aging Lion, a former champion who faces ridicule after being defeated by Bébert. Amidst camaraderie and humor, the novella delves into deeper reflections on mortality and societal neglect of the elderly, as the narrator attempts to reconcile his friends’ desire to mock the Lion’s plight with his own empathy towards the suffering of the past champion. Ultimately, the story brings forth a poignant commentary on strength, vulnerability, and the passage of time as the narrator observes both the beauty and the frailty of life unfolding around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Dutch fiction PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 76126 76066 2024-10-07T15:26:24.004148 2023-09-08T05:47:38.215121 text/html text/html 76119 76059 2024-10-07T15:26:24.229132 2023-09-08T05:47:38.346114 text/html text/html 108582 2024-10-07T15:26:30.178097 application/epub+zip 107514 2024-10-07T15:26:27.574175 application/epub+zip 87300 2024-10-07T15:26:26.339149 application/epub+zip 262694 2024-10-07T15:26:31.974093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254171 2024-10-07T15:26:29.427138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180098 2022-09-08T11:02:12.092915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61690 61681 2024-10-07T15:26:23.753186 2023-09-08T05:47:38.055110 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61167 2005-12-31T09:27:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24027 2005-12-31T09:27:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19387 2024-10-07T15:26:32.100108 application/rdf+xml 19267 2024-10-07T15:26:26.895125 image/jpeg 4300 2024-10-07T15:26:26.610124 image/jpeg 108936 2024-10-07T15:26:24.236154 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 nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia