Le Roi au Masque d'Or by Marcel Schwob
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"Le Roi au Masque d'Or" by Marcel Schwob is a collection of fantastical tales published in 1893. In the title story, a king and his subjects live in a court where everyone wears masks by ancient decree—no one has ever seen a human face. When a blind beggar challenges the king's knowledge of himself and his people, the monarch orders all masks removed, uncovering a shocking truth about his lineage. The collection
explores themes of hidden identities and concealed realities through mysterious and unsettling narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Schwob, Marcel, 1867-1905 |
|---|---|
| Title | Le Roi au Masque d'Or |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roi_au_masque_d%27or |
| Contents | Préface -- Le roi au masque d'or -- La mort d'Odjigh -- L'incendie terrestre -- Les embaumeuses -- La peste -- Les faulx-visaiges -- Les eunuques -- Les Milésiennes -- 52 et 53 Orfila -- Le sabbat de Mofflaines -- La machine a parler -- Blanche la sanglante -- La Grande-Brière -- Les faux-saulniers -- La flûte -- La charrette -- La cité dormante -- Le pays bleu -- Le retour au bercail -- Cruchette -- Bargette. |
| Credits | Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 49761 |
| Release Date | Aug 22, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 380 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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