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Description edit
Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stories he records over sixty-six... read more
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First Sentence edit
At the time of which I speak, the Count of Olivarez had not yet established new settlements in the lowering mountain range of the Sierra Morena, which separates the provinces of Andalusia and La Mancha.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 105 of 200 in Newman and Jones 200 Best Horror Novels. (community list)
Preceded by Jane Eyre, and followed by New Grub Street.
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 6 of 19 in Livro B. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Fantastic Fables, and followed by Through the Looking-Glass.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jan Potocki (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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