Les diaboliques by J. Barbey d'Aurevilly
"Les diaboliques" by J. Barbey d'Aurevilly is a collection of six stories published in November 1874. The tales explore mysterious and enigmatic women confronting love, adultery, murder, vengeance, and resentment. Crimes emerge from passion or boredom in these provocative narratives. The work caused immediate scandal—selling out 2,200 copies in four days before authorities seized remaining copies for allegedly threatening public morality. Today it stands as the author's most acclaimed and famous work.
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| Author | Barbey d'Aurevilly, J. (Jules), 1808-1889 |
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| Title | Les diaboliques |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Diaboliques_(short_story_collection) Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Diaboliques |
| Contents | Le rideau cramoisi -- Le plus bel amour de Don Juan -- Le bonheur dans le crime -- Le dessous de cartes d'une partie de whist -- À un dîner d'athées -- La vengeance d'une femme |
| Credits | Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits; this text is also available at www.ebooksgratuits.com in Word format, Mobipocket Reader format, eReader format and Acrobat Reader format |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13848 |
| Release Date | Oct 25, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 433 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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