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One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances
Théophile Gautier
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He swam close under the walls of the palace, which bathed its marble feet in the river's depths, and paused an instant before a submerged archway into which the water rushed downward in eddying whirls. Twice, thrice he plunged into the vortex unsuccessfully. At last, with better luck, he found the opening and disappeared.
This archway was the opening to a vaulted canal which conducted the waters of the Nile into the baths of Cleopatra.
CHAPTER VCleopatra found no rest until morning, at the hour when wandering dreams reenter the Ivory Gate. Amid the illusions of sleep she beheld all kinds of lovers swimming rivers and scaling walls in order to come to her, and, through the vague souvenirs of the night before, her dreams appeared fairly riddled with arrows bearing declarations of love. Starting nervous. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I love his style and artistic sense. Male perspective, lack of respect for culture I hate.
This collection has given me complicated & mixed feelings, review to come.
It's a bit of a begrudging three stars, more like 2 1/2.
I've no idea how much Gautier is read nowadays but if you have any interest at all in supernatural fiction then one of the tales in this book ‘Clarimonde’ (also titled ‘La Morte Amoureuse’ or ‘The Beautiful Vampire’) is a classic of the genre a
I read this for a reading challenge and was entertained- well when I remember this was a male from the 1800s, and he had very little idea of what women really wanted or were like.
I did read that some of these stories were the first of 'supernatural' love ... where the woman wasn't the victim, the m
Modern English readers may likely find "King Candaules" the most exciting of the stories in terms of the strength of its narrative, but much of Gautier's writing is so compelling because of his spectacular descriptions and elaborate style, which befits the extravagance of the subject matter, especia
One of Cleopatra's nights--2
Clarimonde (aka La Morte Amoureuse, aka The Beautiful Vampire, aka The Dreamland Bride)--2
Arria Marcella--2
The mummy's foot--3
Omphale: a rococo story--3
King Candaules--2
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The nest of nightingales--2
A little repetitive, Gautier has a bit of a one track mind although you might see that as the collection being nicely themed. The main issue is Gautier's languidly descriptive style which can be quite infuriating unless your in a very patient mood.
Still worth the price of admission for the very earl
Though hyperbolic to a fault, Gautier's collection of stories showed no shortage of color or vocabulary in its parade of fantastic and seemingly anti-realistic characters. Each tale explores a common theme of impossible love grasped at by different men, each readily asserting that the heart above al