- Abbé Jules
Infobox Book
name = Abbé Jules
title_orig = "L'Abbé Jules"
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author =Octave Mirbeau
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country = France
language = French
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subject = revolt and madness of a Catholic priest
genre = Novel
publisher = Ollendorff
release_date = April 1888
oclc ="L'Abbé Jules" ("Abbé Jules") is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright
Octave Mirbeau , and published by Ollendorff in 1888.Plot summary
After reading Dostoïevsky, Mirbeau plumbs the depths of psychology to describe a Catholic priest, Jules Dervelle, whose body and mind are rebelling against social oppression and the corruption of the Catholic Church.
Robert Ziegler : « For the most part, the message of Mirbeau's novel is a negative one, aimed at exposing the imposture perpetuated by doctors, judges, educators and priests, demantling the symbolic systems that culture creates. Mirbeau's text designates literature as repository of meaning. »
English translation
* "Abbé Jules", Sawtry, Dedalus, « Empire of the Senses », 1996, 232 pages. Translated by Nicolette Simborowski.
External links
* PDF| [http://www.leboucher.com/pdf/mirbeau/jules.pdf Octave Mirbeau, "L’Abbé Jules"] |1.06 MB, .
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/octavemirbeau/dprefacesaccueil/PM-preface%20%20Abbe%20Jules.pdf Pierre Michel, Foreword] .
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/magnadea/darticles%20etrangers/Ziegler-cinerarium.pdf Robert Ziegler, « Octave Mirbeau's cinerarium-novel : "L'Abbé Jules" »] .
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