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No 252 Rue M Le Prince (Short Story)

  • Type: Short Story

No 252 Rue M Le Prince is a 1895 short story by notable American architect Ralph Adams Cram. - AsNotedIn

When in May, 1886, I found myself at last in Paris, I naturally determined to throw myself on the charity of an old chum of mine, Eugene Marie d'Ardeche, who had forsaken Boston a year or more ago on receiving word of the death of an aunt who had left him such property as she possessed. I fancy this windfall surprised him not a little, for the relations between the aunt and nephew had never been cordial, judging from Eugene's remarks touching the lady, who was, it seems, a more or less wicked and witch-like old person, with a penchant for black magic, at least such was the common report.
Ralph Adams Cram, No 252 Rue M Le Prince




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Places
  • 6th Lt, Luxembourg, Every one who knows the Latin Quarter knows the Rue M le Prince, running up the hill towards the Garden of the Luxembourg.
  • Cour des Comptes, Paris I have had three, all within six months, but the stories have gone around and a man would as soon think of hiring the Cour des Comptes to live in as No 252.
  • Hotel Dieu Hospital, Paris To tell the story in a few words, I was in the Hotel Dieu, where the men had taken me that fearful night of the twelfth of June.
  • Ile-de-France, France I have one ex-tenant in the Bicetre now.
  • Meudon, Ile-de-France Later we went down to Meudon and ate dinner in the terrace room of the villa, which was all that d'Ardeche had said, and more, so utterly was its atmosphere that of the seventeenth century.

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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1895/00/00 Ralph Adams Cram Author "No 252 Rue M Le Prince" by Ralph Adams Cram is included in "Black Spirits and White".

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Particulars for No 252 Rue M Le Prince (Short Story):
Fabric Baize densely woven wool fabric, traditionally used for door upholstery to provide soundproofing and decoration
Geology Basalt dark-colored, fine-grained igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of lava rich in magnesium and iron
Folklore Demon an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell.
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Spirituality Gate to Hell opening to a place or state of punishment after death
Paranormal Haunted a place frequented by ghost
Narrative Arts Horror an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust
Setting Mise-en-scene setting or surroundings of an event or action
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Paranormal Occult supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena
Social Parisian Cafe Culture leisurely enjoyment of drink, food and conversation at a Paris cafe
Shape Pentagram a five-pointed star shape, typically formed by connecting the vertices of a regular pentagon with a continuous line
Geology Porphyry an igneous rock with distinctive texture of large crystals embedded in a fine-grained matrix
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Attribute Queer strange, odd
Legendary Animal Roc an enormous legendary bird of prey
Event Saint Walpurgis Night 30 April, eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction
Legendary Animal Snark an imaginary animal (used to refer to someone or something that is difficult to track down)
Magic Sorcery use of magic, especially black magic
Building Attribute Vestibule a small entrance hall or room, either to a building or to a larger room

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Original Language: English



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