Jacques Cazotte 2 hr 56 min read

A young officer summons a spirit that takes the form of a devoted, beautiful woman, but is she a loving companion or the Devil in disguise?

Jacques Cazotte's 1772 'The Devil in Love,' here with a biographical introduction by Gérard de Nerval, is a foundational work of the French fantastic. Subtle, unsettling, hugely influential. Read it for the classic that helped invent the modern fantastic, a tale of seduction poised between love and damnation.

In its time

Published in 1772, during the Pre-1800, voyages to the moon, subterranean worlds, and philosophical utopias, the deep roots of the imaginative tradition, from kepler and cyrano to the enlightenment.

Reading it

2 hr 56 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Edouard de Beaumont