Théophile Gautier - Böcker

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Chevalier d'Albert fantasizes about his ideal lover, yet every woman he meets falls short of his exacting standards of female perfection. Embarking on an affair with the lovely Rosette to ease his boredom, he is thrown into tumultuous confusion wh...

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Chevalier d'Albert fantasizes about his ideal lover, yet every woman he meets falls short of his exacting standards of female perfection. Embarking on an affair with the lovely Rosette to ease his boredom, he is thrown into tumultuous confusion wh...

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The selected poems of one of the most important nineteenth-century French writers, masterfully translated In his ABC of Reading, Ezra Pound begins his short list of nineteenth-century French poets to be studied with Theophile Gautier. Widely estee...

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In the reign of Cleopatra, an insignificant young man is in love. Meïamoun is captivated by his beloved, but she seems unattainable. There is a reason why the handsome young fellow is barred from his quest. The one he wants is his queen. He s...

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A young baron living in decay joins a traveling theater troupe, trading his noble title for the stage name Captain Fracasse and the chance at a new life. In the midst of sword fights and theatrical performances, he finds himself drawn into a dange...

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Within the crumbling walls of his ancestral château in Gascony, the young Baron de Sigognac leads a life of quiet desperation until a wandering theater troupe seeks shelter on a stormy night. Captivated by both the beautiful ingénue Isabella and t...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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Cette étude présente l'oeuvre du peintre Paul Baudry (1828-1886) qui a décoré le plafond du Grand Foyer de l'Opéra Garnier. L'auteur livre une analyse approfondie des oeuvres, de leur signification et de leur place dans l'art de l'époque. This wor...

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Originally published in 1920 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains the complete text of Mnagerie intime by renowned French literary figure Thophile Gautier (1811-72). The text is presented in French with a short editori...

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bTitle:/b La Pe¿riode re¿volutionnaire-le Consulat, l'Empire, la Restauration-dans les Hautes-Alpes. Par. T. Gautier. 1790-1830. Analyse des de¿libe¿rations du Directoire, des arre^te¿s, des pre¿fets, etc. Publie¿e par l'abbe¿ Paul Guillaume.br/br...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scann...

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Containing fantasy, horror, and vampire fiction, One of Cleopatras Nights is a collection of passionate stories by Thophile Gautier, the master of the spectral. The title story captures the eternal horror of Egypts netherworld of catacombs; and th...

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Theophile Gautier's masterpiece "Mademoiselle de Maupin" might be better known for its lengthy preface than the actual novel itself. It is there in which the author discusses art for art's sake, arguing that "everything useful is ug...

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