01554cam a22003133u 4500 1235 UtSlPG 20260610133042.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 Captain Fracasse Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Fracasse_(novel) Release date is 2006-02-19 Dianne Bean and David Widger "Captain Fracasse" by Théophile Gautier is a novel published in 1863. Set in seventeenth-century France during Louis XIII's reign, it follows a destitute baron who abandons his crumbling castle to join a traveling theater troupe, driven by love for a young actress. When an actor dies, the nobleman assumes the stage role of Captain Fracasse, a bumbling military character. Through this humbling experience, he must reconcile his aristocratic pride with his new theatrical life while seeking the king's aid in Paris. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1235 43351 43351