Champavert: contes immoraux by Pétrus Borel
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"Champavert: contes immoraux" by Pétrus Borel is a collection of seven tales published in 1833. These stories plunge readers into the darkest corners of human nature, featuring shocking crimes and moral transgressions. From an infanticide condemned by her child's own father, to a jealous anatomist who dissects his wife's poisoned lovers, each tale pushes boundaries of acceptable literature. Described as a model of "frenzied romanticism" and black humor, this collection earned its
provocative subtitle through unflinching portrayals of murder, revenge, and depravity that scandalized nineteenth-century Paris. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Borel, Pétrus, 1809-1859 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Aubry, Adrien, 1834- |
| Title | Champavert: contes immoraux |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champavert |
| 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 www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Gothic fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 51787 |
| Release Date | Apr 18, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 422 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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