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The Man-Wolf

Emile Erckmann

Book Overview: 

"The Man-Wolf" is a 38,000 word novella that appears in the English language collection of short stories entitled, The Man-Wolf and Other Tales. The other tales in that collection were not recorded for this project. The Man-Wolf is a gothic tale of lycanthropy authored by the French writing duo of Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian. Obviously this is an early version of the popular werewolf narrative, but it certainly is not the first. In fact, the lycanthropy mythology go back at least as far as the first century A. D. Listen and compare what you know of the modern-day werewolf story with what Erckmann and Chatrian imagined.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Fritz," said he, "don't let us be in too great a hurry; we have plenty of time; the fowls won't fly away. Your boots must hurt you. After eight hours on horseback it is pleasant to take off one's boots, that's my principle. Now sit down, put your boot between my knees; there goes one off, now the other, that's the way; now put your feet into these slippers, take off your cloak and throw this lighter coat over your shoulders. Now we are ready."

And with his cheery summons I sat down with him to work, one on each side of the table, remembering the German proverb—"Thirst comes from the evil one, but good wine from the Powers above."

CHAPTER III.

We ate with the vigorous appetite which ten hours in the snows of the Black Forest would be sure to provoke.

Sperver making indiscriminate attacks upon the kid, the fowls, and the fish, murmured with his mouth full—

"The woods, the lakes and rivers, and the heathery hills a. . . Read More

Community Reviews

‘Hugo el lobo y otros relatos de terror’ (Valdemar, 1999), del dúo de escritores Emile Erckmann y Alexandre Chatrian, originarios de la Alsacia francesa, incluye los siguientes diez cuentos y una novela corta:

-El boceto misterioso
-Las tres almas
-La araña cangrejo
-Hans Weinland el cabalista
-Réquiem p

قصة رعب قوطي مثالية عن طبيب ألماني يزور سيد قلعة يعاني من مرض غريب لتصبح الأحداث عبارة عن تحقيق بوليسي للكشف عن السر الذي تخفيه هذه العائلة. ينجح الكاتبان في جعلك تعيش الأجواء الباردة للغابة السوداء وجو القلاع المخيفة في ألمانيا في أواخر القرن التاسع عشر.. لو أخذنا في الاعتبار أن القصة كتبت منذ أكثر

Красив готически разказ за мрачен замък, нападнат от странна и зловеща болест благородник, с красива , безкрайно тъжна дъщеря, криеща страшна тайна, свръхествени проклятия на кръвта и ужасяващи вещици, дебнещи в тъмнината. Страхът идва от атмосферата, магичността се нанася във възприятията напластен

Para incondicionales del género, lo que uno espera cuando lee esta editorial, muy satisfecho, hablaré bien de él aunque quizás no lo recomiende nunca.

Не знам дали книгата може да се нарече класика. За мен определено е.
Класически готически роман с бавно нагнетяване на напрежението, великолепни описания на пейзажи и характери, малко неясна централна история, въртяща се около древно проклятие и щипка френски декаденс, колкото да ме раздразни.
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