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La vengeance de Sir Percy

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1 L'auberge des Amandiers À l'endroit même où l'Hôtel Moderne dresse aujourd'hui sa prétentieuse façade, s'élevait alors une simple maisonnette au toit de tuiles rouges et aux murs blanchis à la chaux. Elle appartenait à un certain Baptiste Portal, vieux paysan dauphinois, qui rafraîchissait passants et voyageurs avec le petit vin suret du pays, ou les réconfortait à l'occasion avec un petit verre d'eau-de-vie. En dehors de cela, Baptiste Portal occupait ses loisirs à vitupérer contre la nouvelle auberge de la Poste qui, disait-il, ruinait son commerce. Lui, Baptiste Portal, ne voyait pas l'utilité de cette auberge, pas plus que celle des chaises de poste. Avant toutes ces nouveautés, les voyageurs se contentaient d'un bon cheval pour patauger le long des chemins boueux, ou de la vieille diligence qui soulevait derrière elle de si beaux nuages de poussière. À quoi bon changer ? Est-ce que le vin des Amandiers n'était pas meilleur que l'espèce de vinaigre que l'on servait à cette fameuse auberge de la Poste ?
About the Author: biographiques. La Baronne Orczy est née en Hongrie en 1865, à Tarna-Ors. Elle est la fille d'un musicien, le Baron Felix Orczy, qui était également propriétaire terrien. Intéressé par les avancées agronomiques, le Baron Orczy a tenté d'appliquer les dernières découvertes agronomiques européennes, afin de moderniser son exploitation, restée, comme la plupart de celles de Hongrie à l'époque, très largement liée à un fonctionnement médiéval. Mais la population n'a pas supporté ces modifications, et Felix Orczy a subi ce qu'on pourrait appeler une révolte luddiste de la part des paysans alentour: ses fermes et ses champs ont été incendiés, et le Baron, ruiné, a dû quitter les lieux, et partir, avec toute sa famille, à Budapest. De là, il a émigré à Bruxelles, puis à Paris (villes dans lesquelles la jeune Emmuska Orczy suivra une partie de sa scolarité); puis à Londres En 1894, la Baronne épouse Montague Barstow, avec lequel elle va publier quelques textes, et en particulier un recueil de contes populaires hongrois (Old Hungarian Fairy Tales, 1895). Mais les véritables débuts littéraires d'Emmuska Orczy se feront sous l'influence de Sherlock Holmes et de Jack l'Eventreur. La légende veut que le second a tué l'une de ses victimes devant la porte de Barstow, marquant la Baronne. Mais c'est probablement davantage à la figure littéraire créée par Conan Doyle qu'Emmuska emprunte lorsqu'elle crée le personnage de The Old Man in the Corner, détective amateur accompagné d'un très féminin Watson, Miss Burton. Le succès des nouvelles, publiées dans la presse à partir de 1901, a conduit la Baronne à se tourner plus résolument vers l'écriture (elle qui s'imaginait plus volontiers peintre auparavant). C'est alors qu'elle en vient à imaginer l'intrigue du Mouron Rouge. Le Mouron Rouge a été refusé par de nombreux éditeurs, avant d'être publié en 1905, et de connaître un succès considérable. Cela a conduit la Baronne à en proposer de nombreuses suites qui, sans recevoir un aussi bon accueil, sont restées très populaires en Angleterre, donnant lieu à plusieurs adaptations cinématographiques du vivant de l'auteur. Malgré les efforts de la Baronne pour échapper à son personnage, elle ne rencontrera jamais un succès aussi important pour ses autres romans - généralement des romans d'aventures historiques. Elle a écrit, jusqu'à sa mort en 1947 à Monte Carlo, près de 60 romans.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781515212508
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 362
  • Series Title: Le Mouron Rouge
  • Weight: 485 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1515212505
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jul 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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