The Devil in the Flesh

Name: The Devil in the Flesh
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By Raymond Radiguet

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The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet explores the complexities of adolescent love and the moral dilemmas it entails. Set during World War I, the novel follows a young French boy who embarks on a passionate affair with a married woman while her husband is away at the front. The story delves into themes of youthful recklessness, desire, and the resulting emotional turmoil.
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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by stories of youthful passion and forbidden love set against the backdrop of World War I. The narrative delves into the complexities of desire and morality, offering a deep psychological insight into the tumultuous relationship at its core.

The Devil in the Flesh

First published in France as Le Diable au Corps in 1923. This translation first published in Great Britain by Calder & Boyars Ltd, 1968.

One of the most startling literary debuts of all time, now in Penguin Black Classics.

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One of the most startling literary debuts of all time, now in Penguin Black Classics.

As the First World War reaches its final year, an illicit love affair begins between a sixteen-year-old boy and a young woman married to a soldier at the front. They meet secretly in her flat on the outskirts of Paris, in cornfields and on river banks. When she receives letters from her husband, they burn them together. Intoxicated by passion, they cannot bear to end their affair, even when it causes a scandal among their friends and neighbours. Instead, they can only hurtle towards tragedy.

Written in spare, haunting prose when Raymond Radiguet was still a teenager, this semi-autobiographical novel became an instant bestseller and its author was hailed as a genius, before dying tragically at the age of twenty. Expressing all the anguish and joy of adolescence, it is a work of startling imagery and subtle beauty.

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The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet is praised for its acute observations and youthful brilliance, with every page delighting readers as noted by Fay Weldon. The Guardian highlights its sensual passages and Radiguet's assured writing style, sparking curiosity about his potential had he matured. Jean Cocteau simply regards it as a masterpiece.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241372616

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Robert Baldick

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 122g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Raymond Radiguet (Author) Raymond Radiguet was born near Paris in 1903. He dropped out of his lycee in order to pursue his interests in journalism and literature, and associated himself with the Modernist set, befriending Picasso, Max Jacob, Jean Hugo, Juan Gris and especially Jean Cocteau, who became his mentor. His first novel, Le Diable au corps (The Devil in the Flesh), was published in 1923 and became a runaway bestseller in France. Radiguet died of typhoid fever the same year, at the age of twenty. His second novel, Le bal du Comte d'Orgel (Count d'Orgel's Ball) was published posthumously in 1924.