01671cam a22003133u 4500 57775 UtSlPG 20260610134330.0 m cr n 260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Mirbeau, Octave, 1848-1917 Le jardin des supplices Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2018 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/The_Torture_Garden Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Jardin_des_supplices Release date is 2018-08-26 "Le jardin des supplices" by Octave Mirbeau is a novel published in 1899. This provocative work follows a French political operative sent on a dubious mission to Ceylon, where he encounters the enigmatic Clara, an English woman who guides him through a Chinese torture garden. Through disturbing descriptions and dark humor, the novel explores violence, colonialism, and what Mirbeau calls the universal "law of murder" that underlies all societies. Its deliberately ambiguous tone challenges readers to question civilization, morality, and the boundaries between beauty and horror. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Torture -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57775 98604 98604