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Octave mirbeau was a french journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avantgarde. Octave mirbeau 16 february 1848 16 february 1917 was a french novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avantgarde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest octave mirbeau s the torture garden as an influence. Gradually, it emerges that the torture garden, whose horrors pile up in revolting detail, is really an allegory for the hypocritical. To the priests, the soldiers, the judges, to those people who educate, instruct and govern men, i dedicate these pages of murder and blood. Download or read the torture garden book by clicking button below to visit the book download website.
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