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A religious novel set during the time of Christ's life. It follows Susanna, a girl of pure soul, who experiences a spiritual transformation in her encounter with Jesus and relives His teachings, miracles, passion, and resurrection in her heart.
The novel tells the lavish story of the last Egyptian queen, a woman of exceptional intelligence and beauty, whose life, love affairs with Caesar and Antony, and tragic death symbolize the collision of power, passion, and fate.
The Red Lily (1894) is not just a story of forbidden passion – it is a subtle, ironic fresco of a world in which love, politics, and art intertwine in a thin, almost transparent web of conventions and desires.
In the work, the author talks in a witty and satirical way about human credulity, superstition and the tendency to declare ordinary events to be miracles.
The birth, childhood, upbringing and warlike exploits of the giant Gargantua: a satire on scholasticism, wars, monasticism and society, with grotesque humour, enormous eating/drinking and utopian ideals.
The novel The Woman and Her Clown by Pierre Louÿs tells the passionate story of the beautiful Conchita and her lover André, whose relationship of passion, jealousy, and humiliation shows how love can become a game of power and cruelty.