Full Text: Clarimonde

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La Morte Amoureuse

English: "The Dead Woman in Love" orig. published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836.

## About the Author:

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (French: [pjɛʁ ʒyl teofil ɡotje]; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.

While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism.

Born Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier, 30 August 1811 in Tarbes, France

Died 23 October 1872 (aged 61) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Buried Cimetière de Montmartre

### Brief Plot Summary:

A young priest named Romuald who falls in love with Clarimonde, a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire.

### About this Text's Version:

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Release Date: September 18, 2007 [EBook #22661]

Last Updated: October 1, 2016

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### Read Online:

* Free Audio Book: https://librivox.org/clarimonde-by-theophile-gautier/
* Source of English Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22661/22661-h/22661-h.htm
* Source of French Text: http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/gautier\_theophile/morte\_amoureuse/morte\_amoureuse.html
* https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/g/gautier/theophile/clarimonde/
* https://books.google.com/books?id=xLk4AQAAMAAJ&source=gbs\_navlinks\_s
* By another name: https://archive.org/stream/thophilegauti00gaut#page/174/mode/2up
* https://clarimondeproject.wordpress.com/the-story-clarimonde-by-theophile-gautier/
* http://www.lesvampires.org/amoureuse.html

### A Handful of Mentions:

This is one of the most analyzed early vampire fictions. I cannot possibly list all of the write ups so please dont at@ me. Just.. post your write up link in the comments.

* https://thegothicwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/11/24/clarimonde-an-early-psychological-vampire-tale/
* https://paulacappa.wordpress.com/tag/clarimonde/

* https://clarimondeproject.wordpress.com/
* https://books.google.com/books?id=3D-brWeuFRwC&pg=PT13&lpg=PT13&dq=Clarimonde+write+up&source=bl&ots=NnGBK0EKaI&sig=ACfU3U1TY7xVkWZuplaPEpJCrwpZDsXsoQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8qpWUy9vgAhUDJDQIHV1dDj84ChDoATAKegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=Clarimonde%20write%20up&f=false
* https://books.google.com/books?id=N88nhAZ6ahMC&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=Clarimonde+write+up&source=bl&ots=escJH9s5le&sig=ACfU3U2H34bObKBkpnL7HsmFmygd\_UkmdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8qpWUy9vgAhUDJDQIHV1dDj84ChDoATAMegQIBBAB#v=onepage&q=Clarimonde%20write%20up&f=false
* http://lostpastremembered.blogspot.com/2011/10/clarimonde-voluptuous-vampires-and.html
* https://www.catholicdiagramteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Clarimonde-A-Novel-rev1.pdf
* This one goes in a really interesting direction: https://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/bartlett/bartlett.html
* https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/38637/PDF/1/play/
* http://nightscreatures.blogspot.com/2011/02/la-morte-amoureuse.html
* https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/her-name-is-clarimonde-i-am-sure-of-it/
* https://www.librarything.com/topic/220737
* https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/02/the-vampyres-legacy-part-2-the-feminine-touch/
* http://www.sacred-texts.com/goth/vkk/vkk07.htm
* https://www.vampires.com/theophile-gautiers-la-morte-amoureuse/