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The Man with the Black Feather
Gaston Leroux
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"Not always, only sometimes," said Adolphe confidently.
"Sometimes? Is that so?" said Theophrastus quickly; and his heart began to beat tumultuously.
"Oh, yes: there are instances—authentic instances," said Adolphe emphatically. "Ptolemy Cæsarion, Cleopatra's son and King of Egypt thirty years before Christ, recollected perfectly that he had been the philosopher Pythagoras who lived six hundred years before him."
"Impossible!" cried the ladies; and the men smiled with an air of superior wisdom.
"It's nothing to laugh at, gentlemen. It's the most serious subject in the world," said Adolphe sternly. "The actual transformation of our bodies which is the last word in Science, is in entire accord with the theory of Re[Pg 40]incarnation. What is this theory of transformation except that living beings transform themselves into one another? Nature for ever presents herself to us as a creative flame unceasingly p. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Dramatisation audio. Je suis surpris (et déçu) de ne pas avoir abordé cet oeuvre plus tôt! Fantasque et profond. Je reste un fan de Rouletabille avant tout, mais j'ai adoré ces personnages aussi.
strange yet weird story
Marvelous!
A "must-read" if you enjoyed Phantom of the Opera!
This was such an interesting character study. We have Cartouche, the alter ego that even though he’s a murderer with a creative (albeit logical) moral compass we definitely like him better than Theophrastus. Every time it seemed like Theophrastus might overcome his possession, I was always a bit rel
Een grote teleurstelling... het idee was veelbelovend: een beroemde rover, Louis Dominique Cartouche, reïncarneert 200 jaar later in Théophraste... Maar het verhaal loopt uit op een totaal fiasco, waarin niets nog geloofwaardig overkomt en alles verward en grotesk is.
Leroux was duidelijk zijn pedale
The basic premise (middle-aged rubber stamp manufacture becomes possessed by Robber King past life) is hysterical. In practice, though, it is often incoherently violent and I had to take a whole star off for a strange subterranean utopian exploit that was so strangely out of line of the characters.