Les Barbey d'Aurevilly, J. (Jules) 1808-1889 creator text utu 2004 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 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 Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits; this text is also available at http://www.ebooksgratuits.com in Word format, Mobipocket Reader format, eReader format and Acrobat Reader format Original publication data not identified Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13848 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13848 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133328.0 13848