The cover page is adapted from Le porche de l’auberge du Cheval-blanc, rue Mazet, a painting completed in 1898 by Victor Marec. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Room in the Dragon Volant
章节(27)
- Prologue 0:00
- I: On the Road 1:31
- II: The Innyard of the Belle Étoile 10:35
- III: Death and Love Together Mated 20:14
- IV: Monsieur Droqville 28:28
- V: Supper at the Belle Étoile 38:21
- VI: The Naked Sword 54:14
- VII: The White Rose 1:06:14
- VIII: A Three Minutes’ Visit 1:20:22
- IX: Gossip and Counsel 1:29:26
- X: The Black Veil 1:38:56
- XI: The Dragon Volant 1:50:25
- XII: The Magician 2:00:48
- XIII: The Oracle Tells Me Wonders 2:11:11
- XIV: Mademoiselle de la Vallière 2:21:55
- XV: Strange Story of the Dragon Volant 2:37:49
- XVI: The Parc of the Château de la Carque 2:53:23
- XVII: The Tenant of the Palanquin 3:08:46
- XVIII: The Churchyard 3:18:31
- XIX: The Key 3:33:20
- XX: A High-Cauld-Cap 3:44:24
- XXI: I See Three Men in a Mirror 3:53:55
- XXII: Rapture 4:01:39
- XXIII: A Cup of Coffee 4:10:33
- XXIV: Hope 4:19:36
- XXV: Despair 4:28:41
- XXVI: Catastrophe 4:35:28
First published in his collection In a Glass Darkly, this gothic novella contains some of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s most atmospheric writing.
In 1815 Europe is still reeling from the Napoleonic wars. A young, wealthy Englishman goes traveling to France and Belgium, and is quickly surrounded by characters who may not be exactly what they seem: a beautiful young countess with a cruel husband, an elegant gentleman involved in delicate political intrigue, a violent, ugly old soldier bent on revenge, and a fortuneteller who seems to know everything about his affairs.
Le Fanu pulls these threads together into an intricately plotted mystery, with the sinister atmosphere of his better known ghost stories. It’s full of fascinating characters and evocative locations, from a rural village hostelry to a masked ball at the Palace of Versailles, to the mysterious haunted inn called the Dragon Volant.