Project Gutenberg 2016-04-02 Public domain in the USA. 489 Gautier, Théophile 1811 1872 Gaultier, Theophile Gautier, Theophile Gautier, Pierre-Jules-Théophile Romans et contes 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. 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.) "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 ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Category: Novels Category: French Literature 754187 2025-07-20T14:34:14.406204 text/html 743462 2024-10-23T00:16:41 text/html 353099 2025-07-20T14:34:22.813185 application/epub+zip 358121 2025-07-20T14:34:15.690211 application/epub+zip 358121 2025-07-20T14:34:15.056174 application/epub+zip 552597 2025-07-20T14:34:28.263617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501826 2025-07-20T14:34:22.120177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502162 2022-09-23T13:53:09.672922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 703586 2025-07-20T14:34:13.515232 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 683743 2024-10-23T00:16:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17805 2025-07-20T14:34:28.397618 application/rdf+xml 16379 2025-07-20T14:34:15.141193 image/jpeg 3213 2025-07-20T14:34:15.100168 image/jpeg 309399 2025-07-20T14:34:14.470177 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