L'abbé CTold in a series of first-person accounts, L"'Abbe C" is a startling narrative about the intense and terrifying relationship between twin brothers. Charles is a modern libertine, dedicated to vice and depravity, while Robert is a priest so devout that he is nicknamed L'Abbe'. When the sexually wild Eponine intrudes upon their suffocating relationship, anguish, delirium, and death ensue. Other works by Georges Bataille published by Marion Boyars include "Blue of Noon" and "My Mother Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man. |
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... Eponine's affections and she went around with him for a long time ; later on , she openly went astray , and he ... Eponine's head leaning out over the top of the ladder ) some vulgar , angry shouting . I saw Robert's eyes grow narrow and ...
... Eponine's affections and she went around with him for a long time ; later on , she openly went astray , and he ... Eponine's head leaning out over the top of the ladder ) some vulgar , angry shouting . I saw Robert's eyes grow narrow and ...
Page 54
... Eponine's resentment . Since then Robert's attitude toward my mistress had changed the course of what had been the closest of friendships . That counted even more than the beliefs or the narrow life of the seminarian . The Christian ...
... Eponine's resentment . Since then Robert's attitude toward my mistress had changed the course of what had been the closest of friendships . That counted even more than the beliefs or the narrow life of the seminarian . The Christian ...
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... Eponine and me , so much so that , in the end , our apprehension depressed us . It eventually became so painful that Eponine's two friends were discountenanced . When the organ began to play and my brother , preceded by the altarboys ...
... Eponine and me , so much so that , in the end , our apprehension depressed us . It eventually became so painful that Eponine's two friends were discountenanced . When the organ began to play and my brother , preceded by the altarboys ...
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Dimensionen einer neuen Kultur des Politischen Christian Flatz,Sascha Felgitsch No preview available - 2006 |