When I was twelve, I hated reading. So, my Mum, who was a French teacher, gave me this book telling me I will not regret it.
I decided to give it a try... and never stopped til the end of the book!
This story is really a great adventure one! A cloak-and-dagger's adventure with strong characters and a

Novela narrada con candor y excelentes descripciones. Aún considerando que tiende al idealismo, el desarrollo de los acontecimientos y el final pueden ser alimento de la esperanza en el lector.
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Novel narrated with deep candour and excellent descriptions. Even considering that tends to idealis

Le masque, la cape, l'épée
Le style riche et très descriptif de Théophile Gautier délivre des tableaux caravagesques au lieu de descriptions; le romantisme qui habite les protagonistes devient structure du récit et entraîne le lecteur dans une narration très articulée; le contexte historique ajoute u

Il n'y aura jamais assez d'étoiles pour que je puisse dire tout l'amour que j'ai pour Théophile Gautier. Le capitaine fracasse est de la poésie en prose ! Précipitez-vous, lisez-le, lisez tout Théophile Gautier !

Mi-a placut tare mult cum a fost scrisa aceasta carte ♥ Povestea curge fluid, iar cuvintele atent alese se impreuneaza atat de bine incat esti prins in actiune fara prea mare greutate.
Dragoste sincera si pura probabil doar in carti mai gasim in zilele noastre, dar ce frumos este sa poti afla ca era

It is interesting to think that Alexandre Dumas Père's The Three Musketeers was written around the same time as Théophile Gautier's Captain Fracasse, although the latter was not published until almost thirty years later. Both have as their hero an impoverished Gascon nobleman of good family. Dumas's