Le Diable au Sahara

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Le Diable au Sahara

by Pierre Mille

FR·~3 hours·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

PIERRE MILLE

3:35:32

Description

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.

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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

Aug 27, 2023

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Pierre Mille

Pierre Mille

1864–1941

A French writer and journalist with a taste for travel, adventure, and far-off places, he turned his experiences into vivid fiction and reportage. His work helped bring stories of the wider world to French readers in the early 20th century.

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