The Jinx - Poche

Name: The Jinx
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Author: Théophile Gautier
ISBN: 9781843910206

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Paul d'Aspremont is travelling to Naples to meet his fiancée, a beautiful, delicate English rose called Alicia Ward. Having courted Alicia in the sober... Lire la suite

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Paul d'Aspremont is travelling to Naples to meet his fiancée, a beautiful, delicate English rose called Alicia Ward. Having courted Alicia in the sober northern chines of England and France, Paul finds his love challenged by Neapolitan superstition - in particular that of a handsome Italian count who wishes to win Alicia for himself. Claiming that lie is acting in Alicia's best interests, the Count convinces Alicia's uncle that Paul bas the evil eye. Paul - once a rational, urbane Frenchman - begins to believe the Count's accusations of his jinx. Should lie renounce his love to save Alicia from his evil eye? A brilliant, macabre examination of our innermost fantasies and fears, The Jinx illustrates how - even in this age of reason - passion can overthrow logic.

Date de parution

31/10/2002
Editeur

Hesperus Press
ISBN

1-84391-020-9
EAN

9781843910206
Format

Poche
Nb. de pages

95 pages
Poids

0.145 Kg
Dimensions

12,5 cm × 19,5 cm × 1,0 cm

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Biographie de Théophile Gautier

A key figure in the history of French literature, Théophile Gautier began life as a painter but gave up the plastic arts when lie met Victor Hugo, who inspired him to write poetry From then on Gautier was proud to live 'by his pen alone'. But while his novels, poetry and plays received critical acclaim, the literary life was not lucrative enough to support a large, bohemian family, and Gautier also worked as a successful journalist and critic. His writing was central to the experimental nature of the nineteenth-century Romanticist movement.