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 Project Gutenberg 2018-08-26 Public domain in the USA. 206 Mirbeau, Octave 1848 1917 Le jardin des supplices Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Torture_Garden Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Jardin_des_supplices "Le jardin des supplices" by Octave Mirbeau is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book explores the unsettling and philosophical themes surrounding violence and human nature, effectively merging discourse on morality with the concept of murder. The narrative introduces a group of male characters, including moralists, philosophers, and a celebrated writer, who engage in a provocative discussion about the instinct to kill and the societal implications of violence. At the start of the story, a group of friends gathered after dinner engages in a deep and philosophical debate about murder, pondering its role as a fundamental human concern. One member provocatively asserts that murder is intrinsic to civilized society, arguing that legal structures exist largely to regulate humanity's base instincts. As their dialogue progresses, the characters critique societal norms, addressing their own dark impulses and examining how various social constructs—such as war, crime, and legality—contribute to the omnipresence of violence in human life. The opening sets a tone of bleak reflection on the darker aspects of human nature intertwined with the allure of destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Torture -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 430338 2025-07-23T06:03:09.701644 text/html 454322 2021-06-14T13:46:37 text/html 236257 2025-07-23T06:03:14.367657 application/epub+zip 243319 2025-07-23T06:03:10.533652 application/epub+zip 243319 2025-07-23T06:03:10.045641 application/epub+zip 363149 2025-07-23T06:03:17.578639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350512 2025-07-23T06:03:14.095647 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350648 2022-09-26T06:34:14.364868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415258 2025-07-23T06:03:09.213645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 415027 2021-06-14T13:48:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18941 2025-07-23T06:03:17.707593 application/rdf+xml 11888 2025-07-23T06:03:10.309632 image/jpeg 1925 2025-07-23T06:03:10.269638 image/jpeg 159445 2021-06-14T13:49:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 227356 2021-06-14T13:49:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 225115 2025-07-23T06:03:09.741649 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia