L'homme à l'oreille cassée by Edmond About
"L'homme à l'oreille cassée" by Edmond About is a novel published in 1862. When a French engineer returns from Russia with a mummified body in his luggage, he discovers it's a Napoleonic colonel preserved through experimental desiccation in 1813. A scientific accident leads to the officer's resurrection forty-six years later, still believing himself twenty-four and living in Napoleon's era. This comedic science-fiction tale explores the chaotic consequences when past collides with present.
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About this eBook
| Author | About, Edmond, 1828-1885 |
|---|---|
| Title | L'homme à l'oreille cassée |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Homme_%C3%A0_l%27oreille_cass%C3%A9e_(roman) |
| Credits | Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits from images made available by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France at gallica.bnf.fr; this text is also available at www.ebooksgratuits.com in Word format, Mobipocket Reader format, eReader format and Acrobat Reader format |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13704 |
| Release Date | Oct 11, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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