1877), a sentimental version of his most frequent theme, featuring a love affair between a young cavalier and a ghost, successfully consummated in the afterlife. Less typical are “Onuphrius” (1832), whose hero is driven mad by his inability to capture the substance of his dreams; and “The Divided Knight” (1840), a doppelgänger story in which the good and evil parts of a man’s personality must settle their dispute in combat.

    Benjamin Peret (1899-1959) was one of the founders of Surrealism (with Andre Breton and Louis Aragon). The Big Game was Peret's best known work of the time and is still in print in France 80 years later.

    The Works of Théophile Gautier, contains 6 books, includes:•Captain Fracasse•The Cross of Bemy•Enamels and Cameos and Other Poems•My Private Menagerie•One of Cleopatra’s Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra’s Night Clarimonde Arria Marcella: A Souvenir of Pompeii The Mummy’s Foot Omphale: A Rococo Story King Candaules•The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 Prologue The Romance of A Mummy The Unwrapping of A Mummy From Alexandria to Cairo Ezbekiyeh Square Ancient Egypt