The jinx / Théophile Gautier ; translated by Andrew Brown ; foreword by Gilbert Adair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Brown, Andrew (Andrew J.)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Italy--Naples--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Mental suggestion--Italy--Naples--Fiction.

Mental suggestion.

Evil eye--Italy--Naples--Fiction.

Evil eye.

Naples (Italy)--Fiction.

Naples (Italy).

Italy--Naples.

Genre:

Gothic fiction.

Fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

95 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hesperus, 2002.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

A painter who became a novelist, Theophile Gautier formulated the notion of "art for art's sake." In this literary gem, the gaze is the central character as the eye of the beholder turns deadly. Paul d'Aspremont, on holiday in Italy, meets his fiancee in all but name, a young English girl named Alicia Ward. What begins as an urbane and courtly affair descends into a Gothic nightmare as Paul is revealed to possess the "evil eye, " a jinx that kills all those he befriends. Novelist, poet, and critic, Theophile Gautier was a key figure in the Romantic movement in France.

Other Format:

Online version: Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872. Jinx.

ISBN:

1843910209

9781843910206

OCLC:

59463629