Les femmes diaboliques de Barbey d’Aurevilly – esquisse du portrait physique et moral
The evil women of Barbey d'Aurevilly - a sketch of the physical and moral portrait

Summary/Abstract: The works of Barbey d’Aurevilly, evoking a devastating power incarnated in the female characters, plunge a reader in a world that is immoral and even sadistic. Thanks to the most subtle colours, the great artist creates a sequence of dark portraits representing both beautiful and devilish heroines; heroines with many faces who are frigid and dominant, invulnerable and revengeful. In d’Aurevilly’s works the females are depicted as both enchantresses full of Machiavellian cleverness and cynical and extremely intelligent plotters. They are true queens of Evil; proud and powerful they always have the last word.

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