
CAMILLE LEMONNIER
LE
—ÉTUDE PASSIONNELLE—
LE POSSÉDÉ
A haunting meditation on obsession and the weight of unseen forces, this novel thrusts the reader into a bleak, snow‑bound landscape where reality blurs with feverish imagination. The central figure, a weary president, grapples with an inexplicable malaise that makes even the simplest tasks feel like burdens, while the world around him dissolves into opaque clouds and endless white horizons.
As his physical and mental limits are tested, strange sensations gnaw at his hands and heart, hinting at a deeper, almost metaphysical conflict. The prose swirls between vivid, unsettling imagery and moments of stark introspection, inviting listeners to contemplate the fragile line between suffering and transcendence. Early on, the narrative sets a tone of eerie curiosity, leaving the outcome open while promising a journey through a mind that teeters on the edge of revelation.
Language
fr
Duration
~6 hours (382K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2007-06-23
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1844–1913
A vivid Belgian voice of the late 19th century, he wrote with energy about art, desire, and everyday life. Best known for the novel Un Mâle, he helped shape the French-language literary revival in Belgium.
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