Project Gutenberg 2005-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 140 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 Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulat_Bonhomet 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.) Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: French Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 269570 2025-08-07T11:19:47.568073 text/html 269391 2025-01-16T01:04:55.359133 text/html 179852 2025-08-07T11:19:54.311048 application/epub+zip 182657 2025-08-07T11:19:50.484126 application/epub+zip 165649 2025-08-07T11:19:49.175079 application/epub+zip 344187 2025-08-07T11:19:57.248086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318140 2025-08-07T11:19:53.617051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291012 2022-09-08T10:54:17.416586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237615 2025-08-07T11:19:47.239091 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 232021 2005-12-26T15:28:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19349 2025-08-07T11:19:57.373023 application/rdf+xml 13683 2025-08-07T11:19:49.888065 image/jpeg 3427 2025-08-07T11:19:49.629135 image/jpeg 95381 2005-12-26T15:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 175729 2025-08-07T11:19:47.589100 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia