Project Gutenberg 2004-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 145 Level, Maurice 1875 1926 Les Portes de l'Enfer Sous la Lumière rouge -- Soleil -- Le Droit au Couteau -- Le Coq chanta -- L'Horloge -- Le Mauvais Guide -- Fascination -- Circonstances atténuantes -- Le Puits -- Le Miracle -- Le Disparu -- Le Baiser -- Le Rapide de 10 h. 50 -- Illusion -- Un Savant -- «Mes Yeux» -- L'Encaisseur -- Les Corbeaux -- Un Piquet? -- Sur la Route -- Le Coupable -- Le Mendiant -- Confrontation -- La Maison vide -- Un Maniaque -- Le Père. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Les Portes de l'Enfer" by Maurice Level is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The narratives delve into themes of loss, grief, and the darker aspects of human nature, exploring the psychological turmoil of characters confronting their past. The opening of "Les Portes de l'Enfer" introduces a poignant scene where a man reminisces about the devastating loss of his beloved, detailing his emotional struggle and the memories that haunt him. The candlelit room sets a somber atmosphere, as the protagonist reflects on the brief time he spent with her, grappling with his sense of solitude. This moment leads to an intense exploration of grief when he contemplates developing a photograph of her taken posthumously, which triggers both a yearning for her presence and a harrowing realization of his own despair. The narrative captures his turbulent emotions as he seeks solace in memories while confronting the brutality of death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Horror tales, French Short stories, French French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 331225 2025-08-06T08:15:58.788882 text/html 331244 331120 2024-11-06T11:10:52.989510 2023-10-06T11:40:27.425877 text/html text/html 181857 2025-08-06T08:16:04.631868 application/epub+zip 186589 2025-08-06T08:16:00.439865 application/epub+zip 186591 2025-08-06T08:15:59.387870 application/epub+zip 331720 2025-08-06T08:16:07.802858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313791 2025-08-06T08:16:03.978870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289473 2022-09-07T14:25:29.233750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289772 2025-08-06T08:15:58.434867 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270056 2024-10-28T21:05:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17830 2025-08-06T08:16:07.928819 application/rdf+xml 11629 2025-08-06T08:15:59.877877 image/jpeg 3194 2025-08-06T08:15:59.629864 image/jpeg 178614 2025-08-06T08:15:58.815881 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia