Project Gutenberg 2006-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 224 Bertrand, Aloysius 1807 1841 Bertrand, Louis Jacques Napoléon, called Aloïsius Bertrand, Louis Jacques Napoleon, called Aloisius Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marc D'Hooghe. "Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot" by Louis Bertrand is a collection of poetic fantasies written in the mid-19th century. The work blends rich imagery and philosophical musings on art and existence, exploring themes of beauty, loss, and the nature of creativity. The narrative appears to follow a poetic protagonist as he interacts with various characters, including a mysterious neighbor who shares his musings on art and life. The opening of the narrative introduces the setting of Dijon, blending elements of nostalgia and longing as the speaker reflects on the beauty of its Gothic architecture and the transience of youth and poetry. As he sits in a garden, he encounters a shabby stranger who seems to embody artistic struggles. Their conversation reveals deep questions about the essence of art, sentiment, and personal experience. The distinction between the pursuit of art and the bittersweet realities of existence become central themes as they delve into discussions about life, love, and creativity, hinting at the extensive explorations to come in the rest of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French poetry -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 173260 173261 2024-10-08T04:31:57.607920 2023-09-08T06:54:13.249801 text/html text/html 191575 2020-12-13T16:51:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 66868 2020-12-13T16:51:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164036 2024-10-08T04:32:06.851883 application/epub+zip 165445 2024-10-08T04:32:02.137904 application/epub+zip 123897 2024-10-08T04:32:00.427895 application/epub+zip 415490 2024-10-08T04:32:09.967833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407890 2024-10-08T04:32:05.640837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261039 2022-09-08T12:35:38.169348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151357 151348 2024-10-08T04:31:56.860891 2023-09-08T06:54:12.665801 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 148054 2020-12-13T16:51:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60159 2020-12-13T16:51:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19830 2024-10-08T04:32:10.101817 application/rdf+xml 24564 2024-10-08T04:32:00.990885 image/jpeg 4628 2024-10-08T04:32:00.703882 image/jpeg 161943 2024-10-08T04:31:57.623898 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia