Led Astray and The Sphinx

"Led Astray" and «The Sphinx» are a pair of novellas by the author Octave Feuillet. In Led Astray a man called George writes to his friend Paul whilst on holiday in Normandy. He gives the humorous tale of his adventures while staying first at a miller's house and then at the house of a Marquis. The Sphinx tells the story of Raoul de Trecœur's family. Raoul is destined to be a great success in spite of his hedonistic ways. When he marries his wife Clothilde, they have a daughter named Julie. The father and daughter adore on another and Raoul spoils her endlessly. But tragedy soon strikes when Raoul falls ill and dies... Next