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Title: Champavert: contes immoraux
Contents: Monsieur de l'argentière, l'accusateur -- Jaquez Barraou, le charpentier -- Don Andréa Vésalius, l'anatomiste -- Three fingered Jack, l'obi -- Dina la belle juive -- Passereau, l'écolier -- Champavert, le lycanthrope.
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Summary: "Champavert: contes immoraux" by Pétrus Borel is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into themes of darkness, existential pain, and societal critique through its exploration of taboo subjects and moral quandaries, predominantly featuring characters who embody these struggles. The opening of this work introduces the character Champavert, described as a melancholic figure with a tumultuous past. It presents his early life as blighted by hardship, a sense of alienation, and a desire for knowledge in a world that he feels alienated from. The narrative gracefully sets the tone for the stories to come, hinting at the complex interplay of desire, morality, and the struggles against societal norms, which appear to be central themes throughout the collection. The reader is left with a sense of foreboding regarding Champavert's fate, as well as an interest in how these initial themes will unfold across the subsequent tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Borel, Pétrus, 1809-1859
Illustrator: Aubry, Adrien
EBook No.: 51787
Published: Apr 18, 2016
Downloads: 63
Language: French
Subject: Fantasy fiction
Subject: Gothic fiction
Subject: Short stories, French
Subject: French fiction -- 19th century
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Champavert: contes immoraux
Contents: Monsieur de l'argentière, l'accusateur -- Jaquez Barraou, le charpentier -- Don Andréa Vésalius, l'anatomiste -- Three fingered Jack, l'obi -- Dina la belle juive -- Passereau, l'écolier -- Champavert, le lycanthrope.
Credits:
Produced by Giovanni Fini, Clarity and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Summary: "Champavert: contes immoraux" by Pétrus Borel is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into themes of darkness, existential pain, and societal critique through its exploration of taboo subjects and moral quandaries, predominantly featuring characters who embody these struggles. The opening of this work introduces the character Champavert, described as a melancholic figure with a tumultuous past. It presents his early life as blighted by hardship, a sense of alienation, and a desire for knowledge in a world that he feels alienated from. The narrative gracefully sets the tone for the stories to come, hinting at the complex interplay of desire, morality, and the struggles against societal norms, which appear to be central themes throughout the collection. The reader is left with a sense of foreboding regarding Champavert's fate, as well as an interest in how these initial themes will unfold across the subsequent tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Borel, Pétrus, 1809-1859
Illustrator: Aubry, Adrien
EBook No.: 51787
Published: Apr 18, 2016
Downloads: 63
Language: French
Subject: Fantasy fiction
Subject: Gothic fiction
Subject: Short stories, French
Subject: French fiction -- 19th century
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.