The Bewitched

The Bewitched (French: L'Ensorcelée) is an 1852 novel by the French writer Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly. It is set in Normandy in the early 19th century. In the story, a young married woman falls in love with a priest and commits suicide when the infatuation comes to nothing. Her widowed husband, who had been ruined by the French Revolution, then sets out to kill the priest out of jealousy.

The Bewitched
AuthorJules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Original titleL'Ensorcelée
TranslatorLouise Collier Willcox
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherJournal l'Assemblée nationale
Publication date
1852
Published in English
1928
Pages336

The novel was the first in a suite of three novels which were set in Normandy and rooted in local folklore and legend.[1] It was serialised in Journal l'Assemblée nationale in 1852 and published as a book in 1854. An English translation by Louise Collier Willcox was published in 1928.[2]

Reception

Brian G. Rogers wrote in his 1967 book on Barbey d'Aurevilly: "L'Ensorcelée, with its real and symbolic landscapes, its well-organised plot and its regionalistic flavour, is one of Barbey d'Aurevilly's most successful novels. Largely free from the repetitions and stylistic errors of the earlier works, it inaugurates the Normandy cycle with a flourish, and, with its parallel themes of passionate and 'satanic' possession, provides a further commentary on its author's evolving attitude to his continuing preoccupations."[3]

Adaptation

The novel was the basis for a 1981 television film titled L'Ensorcelée. The film was directed by Jean Prat and starred Julie Philippe and Jean-Luc Boutté. It was produced for Antenne 2.[4]

References
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Notes

  1. Rogers 1967, p. 57
  2. Bewitched. OCLC 421278. Retrieved 2015-07-23 – via WorldCat.
  3. Rogers 1967, p. 72
  4. "L'Ensorcelee". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-07-23.

Literature

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