Champavert: contes immoraux

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borel, Pétrus, 1809-1859

Contributor:

Aubry, Adrien, 1834-

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Champavert: contes immoraux" by Pétrus Borel is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into themes of darkness, existential pain, and societal critique through its exploration of taboo subjects and moral quandaries, predominantly featuring characters who embody these struggles. The opening of this work introduces the character Champavert, described as a melancholic figure with a tumultuous past. It presents his early life as blighted by hardship, a sense of alienation, and a desire for knowledge in a world that he feels alienated from. The narrative gracefully sets the tone for the stories to come, hinting at the complex interplay of desire, morality, and the struggles against societal norms, which appear to be central themes throughout the collection. The reader is left with a sense of foreboding regarding Champavert's fate, as well as an interest in how these initial themes will unfold across the subsequent tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Monsieur de l'argentière, l'accusateur

Jaquez Barraou, le charpentier

Don Andréa Vésalius, l'anatomiste

Three fingered Jack, l'obi

Dina la belle juive

Passereau, l'écolier

Champavert, le lycanthrope.

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/Canadian Libraries)

Notes:

Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champavert

Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2016-04-18