[Le capitaine Fracasse glorieux]
Year:
1863
Type:
Public:
Year of publication:
2023
Pages:
357
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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The young Baron de Sigognac spends his time at the Château de la Misère in the company of a harlequin, a dog and a cat. He joins the company as Matamore, the "mountain cutter". He takes the name Captain Fracasse, follows the troupe to Paris and competes for Isabelle's love with his disloyal and powerful rival, the Duke of Vallombreuse.
When he wrote Le Capitaine Fracasse, Gautier had just turned fifty. An established artist and an influential journalist.
This big-hearted celebration of courage and heroism, which idealizes the beautiful, denounces injustice and ridicules conformity, was for him a pretext to take an adventure back to the time when he led a bohemian life.
Author: François Beauclair, France
Update on: Jun 2024