A Passion in the Desert (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Honoré Balzac
- First Published: 1832
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The late 1790's
- Setting: An Egyptian desert
- Principal Characters: The narrator, His woman friend, The soldier, The panther, Mr. Martin
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Eighteenth century, Egypt or Egyptians, Circuses or carnivals, Middle East, Animals, Deserts, Animals, dangerous
- Locales: Egypt
The Story
The narrator and his woman friend are leaving a wild animal show. The woman wonders aloud how Mr. Martin, the animal tamer, is able to perform tricks with dangerous wild animals. The narrator, who has learned of Mr. Martin's secrets from a soldier, suggests that he can explain the mystery, but hesitates to do so verbally. He finally concedes, after much begging and solicitation, to write the solution out for her. The next day, he sends her a strange story about a soldier from Napoleon's invading army, who is fleeing from his Egyptian captors, searching for his...
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