Title: L'héroïsme du docteur Hallidonhill
Title Record # 1998117
Author: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Date: 1883-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French
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Author: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Date: 1883-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French
Synopsis: Dr. Halidonhill is consulted by a sickly man who he thinks is incurable. But he wants to test the rumored curative powers of watercress, so he tells the man to eat nothing else for six months. At the end of that time the patient returns bursting with health. Amazed, the doctor shots him dead so that he can do an autopsy and try to figure out how the watercress cure works. On trial for murder, he is sure to be acquitted, because he did it for the progress of knowledge: "...the exclusive love of the humanity of the future without any regard for the individual of the present is, in our own time, the only sole motive that ought to justify the acquittal under any circumstances, of the magnanimous extremists of science."
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Shocking Tales | 1946-00-00 | ed. Robert K. Brunner | Current Books / A. A. Wyn | $2.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 323 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Povestiri fioroase | 1970-00-00 | Villiers de l'Isle-Adam | Editura Univers (Zenit) |
xvii+ 325 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Done Stan | |||
Povestiri crude și insolite?Povestiri crude si insolite |
1980-00-00 | Villiers de l'Isle-Adam | Editura Minerva ( Biblioteca pentru toți?Biblioteca pentru totsi #1036)Biblioteca pentru toti |
271 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Vasile Olac | |||
Mad Scientists | 1980-08-00 | ed. Stuart David Schiff | Doubleday | 0-385-14906-9 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 300+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fennimore | |
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature | 1983-08-00 | ed. Roger B. Goodman | Bantam Books | 0-553-25141-4 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 283 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
Nota do Tradutor, June 2020 | 2020-06-00 | ed. Gleiton Lentz | Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital?Revista de Traducao Literaria e Biblioteca Digital (Revista Literária em Tradução?Revista Literaria em Traducao #20) |
334 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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