Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (that’s enough names for any three normal people) was born in 1838 and died in 1889. He was an aristocratic who could trace his lineage back to the 11th century. His contempt for everything democratic and materialistic was profound, even heroic. He dabbled in magic, and was a Symbolist writer whose works were often tinged with the gothic as well, and with decadence. I’ve recently been reading some of his stories, and I’m totally captivated by him. Apart from “A Torture of Hope” (a tale of the Inquisition, a tale of cruelty and redemption) I’ve also read “Vera”, a story of a man whose inexorable will refuses to accept the fact of the death of his wife. "Olympe and Henriette” is a wickedly cynical story of sin and redemption, of a sort. It’s les gothic than the other two stories. I’ve adored what little I’ve read of this writer so far.
Vera - http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/vera.htm Olympe and Henriette - http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/GASLIGHT/villier1.htm Al ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/7zgKlB/dnQLAA/Zx0JAA/keeolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chapel_Perilous/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
