Captain Fracasse (Illustrated) (English Edition)

Captain Fracasse (French:Le capitaine Fracasse) is an 1863 novel by the French writer Théophile Gautier. It is an adventure novel set in the seventeenth century. The story has been adapted for film and television numerous times including a 1929 silent film Captain Fracasse and a 1943 sound film Captain Fracasse which was directed by Abel Gance. The novel represents a different era and is a project that Gautier had wanted to complete earlier in this youth. It is centered on a soldier named Fracasse whose adventures portray bouts of chivalry, courage and a sense of adventure. Gautier places the story in his favourite historical era, that of Louis XIII. It is best described as a typical cloak-and-dagger fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after. Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. By age 18 Gautier was a Latin scholar due to the tutoring of his father. Victor Hugo became a major influence in his life and gave him a taste for literature. During the time of Louis VIII Captain Fracasse was a soldier whose adventures portray bouts of chivalry, courage and a sense of adventure. This book was promised to the public in 1836 but finally published in 1863. The novel represents a different era and is a project that Gautier had wanted to complete earlier in this youth. Gautier places the story in his favourite historical era, that of Louis XIII. It is best described as a typical cloak-and-dagger fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after.