
PIERRE MILLE
The narrator opens with a restless contemplation of dreams and the invisible forces that shape them, weaving together philosophy, memory, and a lingering sense of the uncanny. He describes a recurring vision of a lone house hidden in a vast park, an image that refuses to fade with daylight and seems to pulse with a hidden purpose. This obsession pulls him toward a quest that stretches far beyond the familiar streets of Paris, toward the endless dunes of the Sahara.
There, a legend whispers of a devil who roams the desert, an entity both feared and coveted by those daring enough to seek it. As the story unfolds, the narrator’s rational mind clashes with a primal, almost animal curiosity, driving him into a landscape where reality blurs with the surreal. Listeners are invited to follow his uneasy journey, feeling the heat of the sands and the weight of an unanswered question that haunts every restless night.
Language
fr
Duration
~3 hours (206K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Paris: Albin Michel, 1925.
Credits
Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Polona digital library)
Release date
2023-08-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1864–1941
A globe-trotting French writer and journalist, he turned firsthand experience in Madagascar, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific into adventure stories, essays, and reportage. His work is especially remembered for the recurring figure of Barnavaux and for its vivid picture of the French colonial world.
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