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Devil Stories (translated)

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Publisher: ALEMAR S.A.S.

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- This edition is unique;
- The translation is completely original and was carried out for the Ale. Mar. SAS;
- All rights reserved.
Devil Stories, An Anthology, is a collection of twenty short stories about the devil, from authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, William Makepeace Thackeray, Guy de Maupassant, and Washington Irving, and was first published in 1921. The full list of stories are: The Devil in a Nunnery; Belphagor, or the Marriage of the Devil; The Devil and Tom Walker; From the Memoirs of Satan; St. John’s Eve; The Devil's Wager; The Painter's Bargain; Bon-Bon; The Printer's Devil; The Devil's Mother-in-Law; The Generous Gambler; The Three Low Masses; Devil-Puzzlers; The Devil's Round; The Legend of Mont St.-Michel; The Demon Pope; Madam Lucifer; Lucifer; The Devil; and, The Devil and the Old Man.
Available since: 03/28/2024.

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