The Chest and the Ghost

By Stendhal
Published by Fario
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Published: Feb. 17, 2012
Words: 8,347 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465892317

Short description

The leathery and slender chief of police don Blas Bustos y Mosquera has a handsome young nobleman, don Fernando, imprisoned for the crime of appearing before him with a fresh complexion and a cool demeanor. Don Fernando's fiancée comes to plead his case, but her beauty merely prompts the sinister don Blas's attempts to secure don Fernando's permanent removal from his native Granada.

Extended description

The leathery and excessively slender chief of police don Blas Bustos y Mosquera has a handsome young nobleman, don Fernando, imprisoned for the crime of appearing before him with a fresh complexion and a cool demeanor. Don Fernando's fiancée comes to plead his case, but her beauty, which the sinister chief of police wants for himself, prompts don Blas to secure--or to attempt to secure--don Fernando's permanent removal from his native Granada.

Genre: short story
Length: 8,300 words
Date of English translation: 2012

Tags

stendhal, granada, french literature, police chief, police abuse

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