A Modern MephistophelesRoberts Brothers, 1877 - 290 oldal This chilling tale of lust, deception and greed, first published anonymously in 1877, allowed Alcott the chance to exercise "the lurid style" she believed was her "natural ambition". A novel of psychological complexity that touches on the controversial subjects of sexuality and drug use, A Modern Mephistopheles is a penetrating and powerful study of human evil and its appalling consequences. |
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... suffering . Doré's " Dante " spread its awful pages before him . The old Greek tragedies were scat- tered about , and Goethe's " Faust " was in his hand . An unimpressive figure at first sight , this frail- looking man , whose age it ...
... suffering . Doré's " Dante " spread its awful pages before him . The old Greek tragedies were scat- tered about , and Goethe's " Faust " was in his hand . An unimpressive figure at first sight , this frail- looking man , whose age it ...
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... suffering , borne with stern patience . But in the eyes themselves all the vitality of the man's indomitable spirit seemed concentrated , intense and brilliant as a flame , which nothing could quench . By turns melancholy , meditative ...
... suffering , borne with stern patience . But in the eyes themselves all the vitality of the man's indomitable spirit seemed concentrated , intense and brilliant as a flame , which nothing could quench . By turns melancholy , meditative ...
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... suffer and strive for , and die content if they win it only for a little time . Give me this and I am yours , body and soul ; I have nothing else to offer . " Canaris spoke with passionate energy , and flung out his hand as if he cast ...
... suffer and strive for , and die content if they win it only for a little time . Give me this and I am yours , body and soul ; I have nothing else to offer . " Canaris spoke with passionate energy , and flung out his hand as if he cast ...
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... your own hand from the bleak nook where you found her . It is the faint , vernal fragrance of natures , coyly hidden from common eye and " · touch , which satisfies and soothes senses refined by suffering A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 45.
... your own hand from the bleak nook where you found her . It is the faint , vernal fragrance of natures , coyly hidden from common eye and " · touch , which satisfies and soothes senses refined by suffering A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 45.
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Louisa May Alcott. touch , which satisfies and soothes senses refined by suffering . " " Yet you will destroy it , like the rose , in find- ing out the secret of its life . I wondered why this pale , cold innocence was so attractive to a ...
Louisa May Alcott. touch , which satisfies and soothes senses refined by suffering . " " Yet you will destroy it , like the rose , in find- ing out the secret of its life . I wondered why this pale , cold innocence was so attractive to a ...
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