Octave Feuillet
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Extrait : "Voici la seconde soirée que je passe dans cette misérable chambre à regarder d'un œil morne mon foyer vide, écoutant stupidement les murmures et les roulements monotones de la rue, et me sentant, au milieu de cette grande ville, plus seul, plus abandonné et plus voisin du désespoir que le naufragé qui grelotte en plein Océan sur sa planche brisée."
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"Led Astray" and "The Sphinx" are a pair of novellas by the author Octave Feuillet. In Led Astray a man called George writes to his friend Paul whilst on holiday in Normandy. He gives the humorous tale of his adventures while staying first at a miller's house and then at the house of a Marquis. The Sphinx tells the story of Raoul de Trecœur's family. Raoul is destined to be a great success in spite of his hedonistic ways. When he marries his wife...