Literary Fiction
by Théophile Gautier
Gautier's haunting tale of necrophilic obsession follows a priest who becomes enthralled by the beautiful courtesan Clarimonde, even after her death. A masterwork of French Romantic Gothic literature, this story blurs the boundaries between sacred and profane love, life and death, salvation and damnation.
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