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Clarimonde
Théophile Gautier
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This is the story of a priest named Romauld, and his all-consuming love for the beautiful courtesan, Clarimonde.
This is the story of a priest named Romauld, and his all-consuming love for the beautiful courtesan, Clarimonde.
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As I was about to cross the threshold a hand suddenly caught mine—a woman's hand! I had never till then touched the hand of any woman. It was cold as a serpent's skin, and yet its impress remained upon my wrist, burnt there as though branded by a glowing iron. It was she. 'Unhappy man! Unhappy man! What hast thou done?' she exclaimed in a low voice, and immediately disappeared in the crowd.
The aged bishop passed by. He cast a severe and scrutinising look upon me. My face presented the wildest aspect imaginable: I blushed and turned pale alternately; dazzling lights flashed before my eyes. A companion took pity on me. He seized my arm and led me out. I could not possibly have found my way back to the seminary unassisted. At the corner of a street, while the young priest's attention was momentarily turned in a. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Theofile Gautier
Nunca me canso de leer este relato tanto que he perdido la cuanta de las veces que lo he hecho. Para mi es el paradigma del cuento de vampiras. Siempre que pregunto sobre este tipo de cuentos, me nombran Carmilla y me detallan por qué les fascina. Si, "Carmilla" es un buen cuento , p
Gothic writing at its finest!!! What an unexpected treasure found inside the pages of a vampire anthology!
Loved every word. So descriptive, each phrase brimming with passion and enthusiasm. I fell in love with Clarimonde and Romualdo as they fell in love with with each other. Sparkling and ingenious
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Le jeune prêtre Romuald mène une existence partagée entre son service religieux le jour, sa vie dissolue de seigneur vénitien auprès de la noble libertine Clérimonde la nuit. « et la mort chez elle semblait une coquetterie de plus. »
Lien vers l'audiolivre, lecture par Alain Coucho
Una la mejores historias de vampiros antes de la publicación de Drácula.
I read CLarimonde La Morte Amoureuse in French (The Lover Dead), because there’s nothing better than Théophile Gautier in French… sorry for you, dear friend readers!
As soon as the first sentence: “You ask me, brother, if I have loved? I have.” we have only one desire: to read all the others! It's si
Pequeño relato, pionero del vampirismo. Con una trama muy simple y moralizante, aunque con una cosa interesante, no se juzga severamente a la vampira, que al fin de cuentas actuaba por amor. Ricas descripciones y una ambientación lograda.