Title: The Elixir of the Rev. Father Gaucher
Title Record # 1334180
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Date: 1917-00-00
Variant Title of: L'élixir du révérend père Gaucher [French] (1869) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: fantasy (2)
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Date: 1917-00-00
Variant Title of: L'élixir du révérend père Gaucher [French] (1869) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Contains no speculative elements (apart from Gaucher speaking of the liqueur's temptation as a "demon" which bewitches him).
Synopsis: Father Gaucher makes his monastery rich by creating a famous herbal liqueur which he spends every day brewing. But unfortunately for his religious principles, he himself finds its aroma irresistible and ends every day drunk and singing bawdy songs.
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Current Tags: fantasy (2)
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories | 1934-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Hutchinson | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
1024 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |