Le diable boiteux, tome I by Alain René Le Sage
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"Le diable boiteux, tome I" by Alain René Le Sage is a novel published in 1707. A student escapes a romantic trap and finds refuge in a magician's attic, where he frees a demon named Asmodée from captivity. The grateful demon repays him by taking him across Madrid's rooftops on an October night, revealing the hidden secrets and scandals unfolding inside every household below. Through rapid portraits and adventures, the work offers
a satirical glimpse into human nature, hypocrisy, and the private vices concealed behind closed doors. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Jannet, Pierre, 1820-1870 |
| Title | Le diable boiteux, tome I |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Diable_boiteux_(novel) Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Diable_boiteux_(roman) |
| Credits |
Produced by Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction |
| Subject | Devil -- Fiction |
| Subject | Good and evil -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 35019 |
| Release Date | Jan 20, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 387 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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