Stories to Read by Candlelight - Couverture souple

Lorrain, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925652580 ISBN 13 : 9781925652581

Editeur : Odyssey Books, 2019

Synopsis

Stories to Read by Candlelight contains eight stories first published in the 1890s by the French author, Jean Lorrain, translated here into English by Patricia Worth. Jean draws the reader back in time to his provincial childhood when his grandmother's seamstress would tell him stories that gave him goose bumps and made him jump under the covers. Here he recounts these same stories, or invents new half-lived half-dreamed stories born of objects found in an attic or an old house. The characters have a mythical quality, whether they be fantastical beings who long to be real, like the embroidered Princess Mandosiane, or real people like Madame Gorgibus, accused of being a wicked fairy. The stories fall between legends and fairy tales, a genre favoured by a few Decadent authors protesting against realism and regretting technological progress.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Odyssey Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925652580
• ISBN 13: 9781925652581
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible