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"A century after its first publication, this book is still capable of shocking. The opening satire is probably meaningful only to scholars of French political history, but the subsequent journey into the Far East accentuates connections between love and death, sex and depravity,... Read Full Overview

The Torture Garden (French: Le Jardin des supplices) is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, and was first published in 1899 during the Dreyfus Affair. The novel is ironically dedicated: "To the priests, the soldiers, the judges, to... Read Full Overview

The Torture Garden (French: Le Jardin des supplices) is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, and was first published in 1899 during the Dreyfus Affair. The novel is ironically dedicated: "To the priests, the soldiers, the judges, to... Read Full Overview

"Monstruo literario" (en la atinada caracterizaci?n de Pierre Michel, gran estudioso de la obra de Mirbeau), El jard?n de los suplicios est? compuesto en gran parte como yuxtaposici?n de textos publicados previamente y de manera independiente; circunstancia que,... Read Full Overview

la fin du XIXe si cle, un jeune fran ais, envoy en mission aux indes, fait la rencontre de Clara, riche h riti re, dont il tombe amoureux. Cette femme, troublante et perverse, lui fait visiter le Jardin des supplices, lieu o l'art chinois des fleurs c toie celui de la torture... Read Full Overview

Il y a douze ans, ne sachant plus que faire et condamn? par une s?rie de malechances ? la dure n?cessit? de me pendre ou de m'aller jeter dans la Seine, je me pr?sentai aux ?lections l?gislatives, -supr?me ressource-en un d?partement o?, d'ailleurs, je ne connaissais personne... Read Full Overview