TY - BOOK AU - Nodier,Charles TI - Infernaliana: Anecdotes, petits romans, nouvelles et contes sur les revenans, les spectres, les démons et les vampires AV - PQ PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Horror tales, French KW - French fiction -- 19th century N1 - Release date is 2006-03-31; Produced by Carlo Traverso, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Infernaliana" by Charles Nodier is a collection of supernatural tales and narratives written in the early 19th century. The work presents a compilation of anecdotes, short stories, and legends that delve into themes of revenants, spectres, demons, and vampires. The imaginative and eerie tales explore human fears and beliefs about the afterlife and the supernatural. At the start of the collection, the author provides an overview of the existence of supernatural beliefs, specifically addressing the absurdity of the vampire myth. The opening segment includes an intriguing story titled "La Nonne Sanglante," about a vengeful ghost haunting the castle of Lindemberg. The tale follows Raymond, who becomes entangled with the ghostly figure of a nun as he attempts to rescue the woman he loves, Agnès. As the story unfolds, the atmosphere is steeped in suspense and dark romance, hinting at themes of love, betrayal, and the supernatural that permeate the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18089 ER -