The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet
A restless adolescent in wartime France begins a clandestine love affair with a married woman whose husband is away at the front. Their intense, selfish passion disrupts both their lives, exposing the narrator’s jealousy, naiveté, and moral ambivalence as society and the war press in around them. The novel traces the intoxicating heat of first desire, its consequences, and the uneasy moral landscape of youth caught between romantic idealism and brutal reality.
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- Published
- 1923
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 150-200
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- Com O Diabo No Corpo
- Le Diable au Corps
- Le Diable au corps
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