La mandragore by Jean Lorrain
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"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.)
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| Author | Lorrain, Jean, 1855-1906 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Pille, Marcel |
| Title | La mandragore |
| Credits |
Produced by Clarity, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59992 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-59992-2 |
| Release Date | Jul 27, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 414 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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