Archipel by Pierre Louÿs
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"Archipel" by Pierre Louÿs is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative leads us into a rich, dreamlike world filled with sensuality and emotional intricacies, centering around a character named Néphélis who awaits someone in the depths of night, revealing themes of desire, fear, and madness. The opening of "Archipel" introduces us to Néphélis, a young woman cloaked in mystery, who waits in apprehension by her garden door on
a night filled with darkness and the scent of nature. As she eagerly anticipates an encounter with her lover, an unexpected figure—a ragged man claiming to be the King of Egypt—enters her life, disrupting her plans and unveiling a perilous confrontation. The tension escalates as Néphélis grapples with her vulnerability and the encroaching madness of her intruder, leading to a dramatic struggle between her desires and the grotesque reality she faces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925 |
|---|---|
| Title | Archipel |
| Contents |
Première partie: La nuit de printemps. L'ile mystérieuse. Les chercheurs de trésors. Une fête a Alexandrie. Sports antiques. Lesbos d'aujourd'hui. La femme dans la poésie arabe -- Seconde partie: La déspespérés. Liberté pour l'amour et pour le mariage. Une réforme dangereuse. La ville plus belle que le monument. La statue de la verité. La censure. Le boulevard. Le capitaine aux guides. Un cas juridique sans précédent. |
| Credits |
Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French essays |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 36900 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-36900-6 |
| Release Date | Jul 30, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 796 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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