One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances
By Théophile Gautier
Length7h 28m
About this audiobook
Modern English readers may likely find "King Candaules" the most exciting of the stories in terms of the strength of its narrative, but much of Gautier's writing is so compelling because of his spectacular descriptions and elaborate style, which befits the extravagance of the subject matter, especially in "One of Cleopatra's Nights". The shorter stories in between are worth reading for reasons which are unique to each of them, but "Clarimonde" deserves special mention: it is of a genre that is well-known to modern readers, and has to be considered one of the greatest of its kind. (Goodreads)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length7 hrs 28 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1One of Cleopatra's Nights
11ARRIA MARCELLA
2TO THE READER
12THE MUMMY'S FOOT
3ONE OF CLEOPATRA'S NIGHTS
13OMPHALE: A ROCOCO STORY
4CHAPTER I
14KING CANDAULES
5CHAPTER II
15CHAPTER I
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6CHAPTER III
16CHAPTER II
7CHAPTER IV
17CHAPTER III
8CHAPTER V
18CHAPTER IV
9CHAPTER VI
19CHAPTER V
10CLARIMONDE[1]
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