Jettatura

When Paul d'Aspremont travels to Naples to join Alicia Ward, his beautiful fiancée, he is surprised to see her grow pale under his gaze, and to discover that an Italian suitor, Count Altavilla, is trying to win her affections. Soon the strange gestures and whispers of the locals convince him - against his better judgement - that indeed he has the evil eye, and that he must resort to extreme measures if he wants to shield Alicia from its deadly effects.

This 1856 novella from the master of fantasy and the supernatural, featuring one of the most hauntingly surreal denouements in nineteenth-century fiction, is a brilliant and witty examination of man's innermost fantasies and fears.

About the author

The French poet, dramatist, novelist and short-story writer Théophile Gautier (1811-72) was one of the central figures of French Romantic literature and the author of influential works of fiction in the supernatural genre.

Summary

This 1856 novella from the master of fantasy and the supernatural, featuring one of the most hauntingly surreal denouements in nineteenth-century fiction, is a brilliant and witty examination of man's innermost fantasies and fears.

Foreword

This little gem is a precursor of Modernism. It describes a world of deadly gazes and consumptive pallors rendered in the most bizarre, hallucinatory style.

Additional text

An eerie little masterpiece about a rationalist gradually persuaded of the existence of the irrational.

Product details

• Authors: Theophile Gautier, Théophile Gautier, Gautier Theophile
• Assisted by: Andrew Brown (Translation), Andrew Brown KC (Translation)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781847498359
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-835-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Alma Classics; Alma Classics 101 Pages
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Ghost, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Gothic, Classic horror & ghost stories, Italian literature; suspense; ghost story; surreal; Naples