
L'HOLOCAUSTE - DU MÊME AUTEUR
ERNEST LA JEUNESSE - L'HOLOCAUSTE - —ROMAN CONTEMPORAIN— - PARIS - BIBLIOTHÈQUE-CHARPENTIER - EUGÈNE FASQUELLE, Éditeur - 11, RUE DE GRENELLE, 11 - 1898
LIVRE PREMIER - LE VENUSBERG AU REZ-DE-CHAUSSÉE
I. LE PREMIER CHAPITRE, VRAIMENT
II. PETIT PANTHÉISME SENTIMENTAL
III. LUI!
IV. LE CŒUR, LE CERVEAU ET LES YEUX
V. «CELLE QUI EST TROP GAIE.»
VI. LES JEUX DE LA LUMIÈRE ET DU HASARD
VII. ÉTRENNES LYRIQUES ET TRAGIQUES
In this lyrical novel, a solitary narrator welcomes the night with a chorus of restless wings that hover at his doorstep, each feathered visitor a symbol of yearning and fragile hope. The prose drifts between the tangible—silver patins gliding on a barely set table—and dreamlike reveries that make the ordinary door seem a portal to a newly consecrated temple. As he recalls an idealised lover, she becomes both a cherished memory and an unattainable altar of devotion, casting light on his restless longing.
The narrative unfolds as a meditation on desire, melancholy, and the paradox of trying to seize happiness while being haunted by unfulfilled hours. Through vivid, almost operatic images—such as a rose's petals scattering through time—the author captures the delicate balance between tender affection and the bitter ache of absence. Listeners will be drawn into a world where love is both sanctuary and torment, rendered in a style that feels as much a poem as a story.
Language
fr
Duration
~6 hours (394K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Clarity, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Release date
2017-07-02
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1874–1917
A sharp, witty voice of fin-de-siècle Paris, he moved easily between literature, journalism, and caricature. Best remembered for his lively style and literary satire, he was a familiar figure in French cultural life before his early death in 1917.
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