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The Devil in Love
The Devil in Love | Jacques Cazotte
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" A brief but sparkling bon-bon from the French writer Jacques Cazotte, who was guillotined in 1792. A young captain, stationed in Naples, is tempted into summoning up Beelzebub, who appears first in the guise of a hideous camel, then as a cute spaniel, and lastly - and most dangerously - as a gorgeous, pouting nymphette who declares herself enamoured of the young man and follows him everywhere. This is an amusing study of temptation, with sinister undertones."Anne Billson in Time Out"In Biondetta there remains no trace of the monstrous apparition conjured up by Alvaro in the ruins of Portico. The satanic seductress is hidden behind the face of the tormented and plaintive beauty until the end of the fable."Jorges Luis Borges"The Devil in Love is famous on various counts: for its charm and the perfection of its scenes, but above all for the originality of its conception. "Gerard de Nerval
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Nomi_Schiano555
The Devil in Love | Jacques Cazotte
Mehso-so

Great book

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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
The Devil in Love | Jacques Cazotte
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It's the first French fantastic novel written in 1772. It's a short novel that asks the following: Where is the boundary between the real and the unreal? It was an interesting, easy, and entertaining read.