Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Diaboliques_(short_story_collection) Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Diaboliques

Release date is 2004-10-25

Le rideau cramoisi -- Le plus bel amour de Don Juan -- Le bonheur dans le crime -- Le dessous de cartes d'une partie de whist -- À un dîner d'athées -- La vengeance d'une femme

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"Les diaboliques" by J. Barbey d'Aurevilly is a collection of six stories published in November 1874. The tales explore mysterious and enigmatic women confronting love, adultery, murder, vengeance, and resentment. Crimes emerge from passion or boredom in these provocative narratives. The work caused immediate scandal—selling out 2,200 copies in four days before authorities seized remaining copies for allegedly threatening public morality. Today it stands as the author's most acclaimed and famous work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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