Théophile Gautier

King Candaules, a classic since it was first published. Has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

The book, Enamels and Cameos and other Poems, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The book, Captain Fracasse, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

When Paul d’Aspremont travels to Naples to join Alicia Ward, his beautiful fiancée, he is surprised to see her grow pale under his gaze, and to discover that an Italian suitor, Count Altavilla, is trying to win her affections. Soon the strange gestures and whispers of the locals convince him – against his better judgement – that indeed he has the evil eye, and that he must resort to extreme measures if he wants to shield Alicia from its deadly effects. This 1856 novella from the master of fantasy and the supernatural, featuring one of the most hauntingly surreal denouements in nineteenth-century fiction, is a brilliant and witty examination of man’s innermost fantasies and fears.

Frantsuzskij pisatel Teofil Gote (1811-1872) izvesten rossijskomu chitatelju kak avtor prikljuchencheskogo romana "Kapitan Frakass", fantasticheskikh i satiricheskikh rasskazov, stikhov i putevykh zametok. No na russkij jazyk do sikh ne byl pereveden "Domashnij zverinets" - rasskaz o ego sobstvennykh zhivotnykh: sobakakh i koshkakh, loshadjakh i khameleonakh, jascheritse i soroke. Eto kniga ochen nezhnaja i odnovremenno ironicheskaja, mestami grustnaja, no mestami bezumno smeshnaja. Chego stoit khotja by rasskaz o koshke, kotoraja reshila poprobovat, kakov na vkus popugaj, popugaj zhe ot uzhasa stal vykrikivat vse chelovecheskie slova, kakim ego nauchili, i togda koshka peredumala, reshiv, chto raz etot zelenyj tsyplenok razgovarivaet, on ne ptitsa, a kakoj-to gospodin. Vse, kto ljubit zverej, bezuslovno, poluchat ot chtenija etoj knigi udovolstvie. A vse, kto ikh poka ne ljubit, imejut shans ikh poljubit. Zavoevat koshachju druzhbu nelegko. Kot - zhivotnoe filosoficheskoe, akkuratnoe, spokojnoe: on soglasen byt vam drugom, esli vy etogo dostojny, no nikogda ne budet rabom. Vechera naprolet on s dovolnym urchaniem lezhit u vas na kolenjakh, predpochitaja vashe obschestvo kompanii sebe podobnykh. Kak by gromko mjaukane s sosednej kryshi ni prizyvalo ego na odnu iz tekh koshachikh vecherinok, gde vmesto chaja podajut seledochnyj sok, on ne poddastsja iskusheniju i ostanetsja podle vas. Esli vy peresadite ego so svoikh kolen na pol, on nemedlenno vozvratitsja nazad s murchaniem, v kotorom budet slyshen nezhnyj uprek. Poroj, sidja pered vami, on smotrit na vas glazami stol mjagkimi, stol barkhatnymi, laskovymi i chelovecheskimi, chto stanovitsja pochti strashno: ved nevozmozhno predpolozhit, chto v etikh glazakh net mysli. Teofil GotePerevodchik: Milchina Vera Arkadevna

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