In 1308, on the muddy island behind Notre-Dame, a stern Paris constable and his wife take in two lodgers: a melancholy, majestic stranger and a fair youth of unknown birth. Both attend the lectures of the theologian Doctor Sigier on the mysteries of heaven and hell, and the old man’s identity slowly emerges.
A short visionary tale from The Human Comedy, of special interest to readers of Dante and of Balzac’s mystical side. Download the free EPUB.