Theophile Gautier: 52 books

La Cafetière J’ai vu sous de sombres voiles Onze étoiles, La lune, aussi le soleil, Me faisant la révérence, En silence, Tout le long de mon sommeil. (La vision de Jacob.)

Dashing adventurers with more than their fair share of derring-do, lovely ladies in peril -- these fast-paced action tales have something for everyone. The title story is a heart-pounding thriller set in Egypt, and the other pieces in the collection are equally enthralling.

I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity-venders, who are called marchands de bric-a-brac in that Parisian ar got which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France. You have doubtless glanced occasionally through the windows of some of these shops, which have...

A tourist unlocks a terrible secret that has cursed a small town for generations. A man desperate to hold on to his love at all costs makes a deal with too high of a price. A quiet vacation in a cabin turns into a nightmare for an elderly couple. An investigative reporter gets the interview of the century...with the Boogeyman. These tales and others await.

Florine My dear lords, I can only repeat to you what I’ve already said. My mistress is not here. Duke That is the utmost falsity. I saw her leaning out of her window

CHAPTER I. FROM PARIS TO BORDEAUX. Departure from Paris—Subterranean Dwellings—Château Regnault—Tours—Châtellerault— Angoulême—The Landes—Cubzac—Bordeaux—The Theatre—The Cathedral— St. Michael's Tower—Mummified Corpses—The Museum CHAPTER II. FROM BORDEAUX TO VERGARA. The...

The “Leopold,” a splendid Tuscan steamer plying between Marseilles and Naples, had just doubled Procida Point. The passengers, cured of their sea-sickness by the sight of land, most efficacious of all remedies, were all out on deck. On the part reserved for the first-class passengers, stood a number...

This unique nineteenth-century novel, originally published in French, is the result of a fascinating literary experiment. It takes the form of an epistolary dialogue of letters exchanged among four characters, each of which is an alter ego of one of the book's four authors.

TEMPS ANCIENS On a souvent fait notre caricature: habillé à la turque, accroupi sur des coussins, entouré de chats dont la familiarité ne craint pas de nous monter sur les épaules et même sur la tête. La caricature n’est que l’exagération de la vérité; et nous devons avouer que nous avons...

The "Leopold," a splendid Tuscan steamer plying between Marseilles and Naples, had just doubled Procida Point. The passengers, cured of their sea-sickness by the sight of land, most efficacious of all remedies, were all out on deck. On the part reserved for the first-class passengers, stood...

A STRANGE STORY 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 mind. So...

Extrait : Paolo Caliari, dit Paolo Veronese, naquit à Vérone en 1532. Son père, Gabrielle Caliari, sculpteur, le destina d’abord à sa profession et lui apprit à modeler ; mais bientôt, entraîné par un penchant irrésistible vers la peinture, il entra à l’atelier de son oncle, Antonio...