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Le supplice de Phèdre

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By Henri Deberly
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The narrative presents a close, observational portrait of a family during a seaside holiday, focusing on Hélène, her husband Michel, stepson Marc, and daughter Marie-Thérèse. Through domestic scenes and sharp social exchanges, it traces shifting authority, desire, and restraint beneath polite routines. Interactions at the beach reveal layered tensions between control and impulsiveness, convention and private appetite, while physical detail and measured narration expose character habits, rivalries, and unspoken conflicts. Atmosphere alternates between sunlit leisure and an undercurrent of moral ambiguity, and the prose balances vivid observation with psychological insight to map how small gestures and rituals disclose deeper strivings.

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Title: Le supplice de Phèdre

roman

Author: Henri Deberly

Release date: July 2, 2023 [eBook #71093]

Language: French

Original publication: France: Gallimard, 1926

Credits: Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LE SUPPLICE DE PHÈDRE ***

HENRI DEBERLY

LE
SUPPLICE DE PHÈDRE

ROMAN

90e édition

PARIS
Librairie Gallimard
ÉDITIONS DE LA NOUVELLE REVUE FRANÇAISE
3, rue de Grenelle (VIme)

DU MÊME AUTEUR

POÉSIE

  • L’Arc-en-Ciel.
  • Grains d’ambre et d’or.

ROMANS

(aux Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française)

  • L’Impudente.
  • Prosper et Broudilfagne.
  • L’Ennemi des siens.
  • Pancloche.

EN PRÉPARATION

  • Un Homme et un autre, roman.

L’édition originale de cet ouvrage a été tirée à MILLE TROIS exemplaires et comprend : cent neuf exemplaires réimposés dans le format in-quarto tellière, sur papier vergé Lafuma-Navarre au filigrane nrf, dont neuf hors commerce marqués de A à I, et cent destinés aux Bibliophiles de la Nouvelle Revue Française, numérotés de I à C, huit cent quatre-vingt-quatorze exemplaires in-octavo couronne sur papier vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre dont quatorze hors commerce marqués de a à n, huit cent cinquante destinés aux Amis de l’Édition originale numérotés de 1 à 850, et trente exemplaires d’auteur, hors commerce, numérotés de 851 à 880.

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Copyright by librairie Gallimard, 1926.