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From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other. At one moment I believed myself a priest who dreamed nightly that he was a gentleman -- at another, that I was a gentleman who dreamed... Read Full Overview

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A terrifying tale by Th ophile Gautier written in first person. It narrates the story of a young priest, Romuald, who falls in love with a mysterious woman called Clarimonde, a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire. He goes through strange experiences... Read Full Overview

A classic story of a priest named Romuald who falls in love with Clarimonde, a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire.

First published in 1836, Th ophile Gautier's 'The Dead Woman in Love' is a supernatural tale, recounting the life of the priest named Romuald who falls in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Clarimonde, who the reader later learns to be a vampire. At the beginning of the tale,... Read Full Overview

Follow the classic supernatural tale of forbidden love between a devout priest and a beautiful vampiress in The Dead Woman in Love.

At sixty-six years of age, an elderly priest is finally ready to tell the story of his first and only love. Over forty years... Read Full Overview

La Morte Amoureuse est un roman gothique �����crit par Th�����ophile Gautier. L'histoire suit le pr������tre romain Romuald qui tombe amoureux d'une myst�����rieuse... Read Full Overview

La Morte Amoureuse est un roman gothique �����crit par Th�����ophile Gautier en 1836. L'histoire se d�����roule en France au XVIIIe si�����cle... Read Full Overview

La Morte Amoureuse est un roman gothique �����crit par Th�����ophile Gautier en 1836. L'histoire se d�����roule dans la France du 18�����me... Read Full Overview

Pierre Jules Th ophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. In the 1830 Revolution, he chose to stay with friends in the Doyenn district of Paris, living a rather pleasant bohemian life. He began writing poetry as early... Read Full Overview

Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) est un poete, romancier, peintre et critique d'art francais. Lecteur avide, il a cinq ans lorsqu'il commence a lire. Sa grande passion est Robinson Crusoe. En 1820, a l'age de huit ans, il fait un bref sejour en tant que pensionnaire... Read Full Overview

"La Morte amoureuse" is a short story written by Th ophile Gautier and published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836. It tells the story of a priest named Romuald who falls in love with Clarimonde, a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire.

La Morte Amoureuse follows the trope of femmes fatales, the fatality to the male victim from female seduction. Femme fatales are often depicted in medieval literature as an alluring woman who leads men into harmful situations. The story begins with an elderly Romuald answering... Read Full Overview

La Morte Amoureuse follows the trope of femmes fatales, the fatality to the male victim from female seduction. Femme fatales are often depicted in medieval literature as an alluring woman who leads men into harmful situations. The story begins with an elderly Romuald answering... Read Full Overview

Venez d couvrir La Morte amoureuse de Th ophile Gautier gr ce une analyse litt raire de r f rence crite par un sp cialiste universitaire, cette fiche de lecture est recommand e par de nombreux enseignants. Cet ouvrage contient la biographie de l' crivain, le r sum d taill... Read Full Overview

TH?OPHILE GAUTIER (1811-1872). Po?te, romancier, critique et journaliste fran?ais, il fut un admirateur de Victor Hugo et joua un r?le d?terminant dans le mouvement romantique dans les ann?es 1830. Son ? Histoire du romantisme ? apparut en 1874. Il a ?t? associ? ? la doctrine... Read Full Overview

Le vieux Romuald raconte un autre eccl siastique qu'il nomme "fr re" les faits tranges qui ont suivi son ordination. Alors jeune moine d'une cure de campagne, il vit une exp rience troublante: le jour il est homme d' glise, la nuit il est un jeune seigneur de Venise. Cette... Read Full Overview

Brother, you ask me if I have ever loved. Yes. My story is a strange and terrible one; and though I am sixty-six years of age, I scarcely dare even now to disturb the ashes of that memory. To you I can refuse nothing; but I should not relate such a tale to any less experienced... Read Full Overview