Project Gutenberg 2019-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 133 Lorrain, Jean 1855 1906 Duval, Paul Alexandre Martin Lorrain, J. (Jean) Pille, Marcel La mandragore Produced by Clarity, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "La mandragore" by Jean Lorrain is a narrative tale written in the late 19th century. This work combines elements of fantasy and horror to explore themes of vanity, societal judgment, and the consequences of pride. The story follows the troubled life of a queen, Godelive, as she grapples with the monstrous birth of her child, a grotesque frog, and navigates the ensuing chaos in her royal life. The plot unfolds with the queen’s despair after giving birth to a monstrous frog, which she is pressured to abandon for the sake of her family's honor. Instead of letting go, Godelive's obsession with this creature leads her into a series of nightmares and dark magical pursuits, including her attempts to master the mystical mandragore root, which symbolizes her desperation to reclaim her lost child. As the tension escalates with the arrival of her son Rotterick and the bloody encounters related to the frog's existence, Godelive ultimately faces her tragic fate, bridging the realms of reality and illusion. The narrative culminates on a mystical and tragic note, presenting a cautionary tale about the consequences of pride and the desire for control over fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Contes FR Illustrateurs Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: French Literature 87063 2025-06-24T04:31:22.747653 text/html 80991 2019-07-27T15:38:02 text/html 7169306 2025-06-24T04:31:29.950629 application/epub+zip 7154949 2025-06-24T04:31:24.364657 application/epub+zip 67776 2025-06-24T04:31:23.448657 application/epub+zip 7170367 2025-06-24T04:31:34.371593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6983919 2025-06-24T04:31:27.944615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 90179 2022-09-27T05:22:06.802901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60874 2025-06-24T04:31:22.106648 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61110 2019-07-27T15:37:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19433 2025-06-24T04:31:34.617591 application/rdf+xml 8660 2025-06-24T04:31:23.537662 image/jpeg 1953 2025-06-24T04:31:23.491678 image/jpeg 22821 2019-07-27T15:38:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 7052637 2019-07-27T15:38:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 7128112 2025-06-24T04:31:22.991690 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