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The Wolf-Leader
Alexandre Dumas
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Part local legend of a dark and dangerous Wolf-Leader, part childhood memories of his home near Villers-Cotterets, in Aisne, Dumas here penned a chilling supernaturlal encounter between man and the devil. Our hero, Thibault the shoemaker, is beaten on the orders of the Lord of Vez for hunting in the lord's forest. With Thibault's resentment at his treatment by the world at its height, the devil sees his chance and, in the guise of a wolf, proposes a deal which Thibault accepts; the ever available trade of one's soul for evil power. With a pack of demon possessed wolves at his command, Thibault begins to explore his new power tentatively, hesitant to do evil, but unable to help himself, the momentum of the tale grown in surprising and horrifying ways until the unexpected climax.
Part local legend of a dark and dangerous Wolf-Leader, part childhood memories of his home near Villers-Cotterets, in Aisne, Dumas here penned a chilling supernaturlal encounter between man and the devil. Our hero, Thibault the shoemaker, is beaten on the orders of the Lord of Vez for hunting in the lord's forest. With Thibault's resentment at his treatment by the world at its height, the devil sees his chance and, in the guise of a wolf, proposes a deal which Thibault accepts; the ever available trade of one's soul for evil power. With a pack of demon possessed wolves at his command, Thibault begins to explore his new power tentatively, hesitant to do evil, but unable to help himself, the momentum of the tale grown in surprising and horrifying ways until the unexpected climax.
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When the building of the hut, which consisted of a bedroom, cosily shut in, where he could work during the winter, and of a lean-to, open to the air, where he could work in the summer, was completed, Thibault began to think of making himself a bed. At first, a layer of fern had to serve for this purpose; but after he had made a hundred pairs of wooden shoes and had sold these to Bedeau, who kept a general shop at Villers-Cotterets, he was able to pay a sufficient deposi. . . Read More
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Alexandre Dumas (Villers-Cotterêts, 1802 – Neuville-lès-Dieppe, 1870) è stato uno dei più grandi scrittori francesi, maestro assoluto del romanzo storico e d’avventura. Chi non conosce I tre moschettieri o Il conte di Montecristo, capolavori eterni della letteratura? Ebbene, da grande scrittore qual
Le premesse su cui è costruito questo libro sono notevoli: che cosa succederebbe se per ambizione una persona stringesse un patto col diavolo, un accordo che inesorabilmente conduce a trasformarsi in un licantropo?
Purtroppo, però, da quest’idea di base interessante (specialmente per il XIX secolo, i
Много четивна и интересна история, която засяга изконната тема за доброто и злото. На какво е готов човек, за да осъществи желанията си, осъзнава ли последствията и може ли да запази душата си непокътната, когато сключва сделка с Дявола?
Една мрачна приказка с предрешен финал, но това въобще не отнем
Амбицията прилича на небесния свод: струва ти се, че свършва на хоризонта, а всъщност обгръща цялата земя.
Не очаквайте класически прото-хорър или издържана в характерната стилистика на готиката творба. Да, съответните тропи се мяркат в повествованието, но Александър Дюма-баща, майсторски преплитайки
Dieser Form von Selbstsucht ist einem in der Literatur mehr oder weniger ausgeprägt schon begegnet. Ich denke da nur an Goethes "Faust" oder Haufs "Das kalte Herz".
Das Erschreckende in dieser Geschichte ist nicht, dass es einen Werwolf gibt, sondern dass der Protagonist so offensichtlich unfähig zur