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Title: Romans et contes

Contents: Avatar -- Jettatura -- Arria Marcella -- La mille et deuxième nuit -- Le pavillon sur l'eau -- L'enfant aux souliers de pain -- Le chevalier double -- Le pied de momie -- La pipe d'opium -- Le club des hachichins.

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Summary: "Romans et contes" by Théophile Gautier is a collection of fiction works likely written in the late 19th century. The opening narrative introduces Octave de Saville, a young man who suffers from a mysterious ailment, slowly consuming him despite appearing outwardly healthy. The likely exploration of themes in the book revolves around love, despair, and the contrasts between vitality and melancholy. At the start of "Romans et contes," we meet Octave de Saville, who is seemingly perfectly healthy yet is plagued by an inexplicable affliction that causes him to feel increasingly detached from life. As he undergoes various attempts at treatment that yield no results, it is revealed that his struggle is more psychological than physical—he experiences a deep existential despair, feeling drained and disconnected from joy. The arrival of Dr. Balthazar Cherbonneau promises a different approach, suggesting that Octave's ailment stems from a lack of will to live, hinting at an intriguing interplay between mind and body, and setting up a narrative rich in emotional complexity and depth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Author: Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872

EBook No.: 51632

Published: Apr 2, 2016

Downloads: 286

Language: French

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: Romans et contes

Contents: Avatar -- Jettatura -- Arria Marcella -- La mille et deuxième nuit -- Le pavillon sur l'eau -- L'enfant aux souliers de pain -- Le chevalier double -- Le pied de momie -- La pipe d'opium -- Le club des hachichins.

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/American Libraries.)

Summary: "Romans et contes" by Théophile Gautier is a collection of fiction works likely written in the late 19th century. The opening narrative introduces Octave de Saville, a young man who suffers from a mysterious ailment, slowly consuming him despite appearing outwardly healthy. The likely exploration of themes in the book revolves around love, despair, and the contrasts between vitality and melancholy. At the start of "Romans et contes," we meet Octave de Saville, who is seemingly perfectly healthy yet is plagued by an inexplicable affliction that causes him to feel increasingly detached from life. As he undergoes various attempts at treatment that yield no results, it is revealed that his struggle is more psychological than physical—he experiences a deep existential despair, feeling drained and disconnected from joy. The arrival of Dr. Balthazar Cherbonneau promises a different approach, suggesting that Octave's ailment stems from a lack of will to live, hinting at an intriguing interplay between mind and body, and setting up a narrative rich in emotional complexity and depth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Author: Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872

EBook No.: 51632

Published: Apr 2, 2016

Downloads: 286

Language: French

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.