TY - BOOK AU - Dumas,Alexandre TI - La femme au collier de velours AV - PQ PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Ghost stories KW - Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793 -- Fiction KW - Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 -- Fiction KW - France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_au_collier_de_velours; Release date is 2006-03-16; Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com; Original publication data not identified N2 - "La femme au collier de velours" by Alexandre Dumas is a novel published in 1850. The story blends autobiography with fiction as Dumas recounts a tale told to him by his friend Charles Nodier. It follows the German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, who travels to Paris during the French Revolution despite promising his fiancée Antonia he would remain faithful. There, he becomes obsessed with Arsène, a mysterious dancer wearing a velvet choker with a silver guillotine clasp. Driven by desire, Hoffmann breaks his promises—leading to devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18003 ER -