Teen Novels • Francuska književnost

Kapetan Fracasse

Name: Kapetan Fracasse
Price: 6.42 EUR
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Theophile Gautier

A novel by Théophile Gautier, published in 1863. It is an adventure story set in 17th century France, which combines romance, humor and chivalry with elements of theater and social satire.

Captain Fracasse is an exciting story about an impoverished nobleman who joins a traveling acting troupe and then experiences a series of unusual and dangerous adventures. Dramatic love affairs, numerous fencing duels, chases, kidnappings, and unpredictable twists and turns are just some of the reasons to read this book with pleasure.

On several occasions, very successful adventure films were made based on the novel Captain Fracasse. The text is accompanied by extraordinary illustrations by Gustave Doré.

Original title

Le Capitaine Fracasse

Translation

Milivoj Mazulić

Editor

Branko Matan

Illustrations

Gustave Doré

Graphics design

Zoran Pavlović

Dimensions

24 x 17 cm

Pages

424

Publisher

Grafički zavod Hrvatske (GZH), Zagreb, 1985.

Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

Language: Croatian.

One copy is available

The copy has a printing error, so about twenty pages are not printed.

Condition:Used, very good condition

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