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Metzengerstein

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The story, told from an unnamed third-person narrator, takes place in Hungary at an unspecified date. The opening passages describe a centuries-long rivalry between two wealthy families: the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitzings. The bitter enmity between the two families is so old that no one knows how far back it dates. The narrator states that its origin appears to rely on an "ancient" prophecy: "A lofty name shall have a fearful fall when, as the rider over his horse, the mortality of Metzengerstein shall triumph over the immortality of Berlifitzing." Young Frederick, Baron of Metzengerstein, was orphaned at a young age and, thus, inherited the family fortune at age 18 (though the age changes throughout its many re-publications). Equipped with enormous wealth and power, he begins to exhibit particularly cruel behavior. "The behavior of the heir out-heroded Herod". Four days after he receives his inheritance, the stables of the rival family Berlifitzing catch fire. The neighborhood "instantaneously" attributed the act of arson to Frederick Metzengerstein (the story, however, does not say expressly if he did it or not). That day, Metzengerstein, in his home, sits staring intently at an old tapestry depicting "an enormous, and unnaturally colored horse" that belonged to the Berlifitzing clan. Just behind the horse, Frederick sees its rider who has just been killed by "the dagger of a Metzengerstein". Soon, Frederick sees the horse move and assume "an energetic and human expression". Immediately, Frederick opens the door to leave, and the action strikingly causes his shadow to fall exactly on the spot of the murderer in the tapestry. L'histoire se situe en Hongrie, dans une r�gion foresti�re de la Transylvanie, apr�s l'expulsion des Ottomans du territoire en 1763. L'intrigue repose sur la haine opposant deux familles nobles germano-hongroises, � la suite d'une ancienne querelle. La premi�re est repr�sent�e par le jeune Frederick, baron Metzengerstein, entr� en possession de ses domaines � l'�ge de dix-huit ans � la suite du d�c�s de ses parents, qui m�ne une vie de d�bauche et tyrannise ses vassaux, la seconde par le vieux Wilhelm, comte Berlifitzing, qui a du sang turc dans les veines. Frederick entretient sa haine en contemplant r�guli�rement une tapisserie qui repr�sente la chute du ch�teau de Metzengerstein, � l'�poque de la Bataille de Moh�cs (1526). Elle repr�sente un anc�tre turc de Berlifitzing, mont� sur un cheval gigantesque, au moment o� un Metzengerstein le tue d'un coup de poignard. Une nuit, un incendie se d�clare dans les �curies du ch�teau Berlifitzing - �v�nement dont le voisinage le juge responsable -, et le comte trouve la mort en tentant de sauver son haras. Toutefois, un cheval s'�chappe des flammes. Aucun domestique de Berlifitzing ne le reconnaissant comme une propri�t� du comte, malgr� les indices contraires, Metzengerstein le fait sien. � la suite de ces �v�nements, Metzengerstein s'isole des gens de sa classe, s'attachant uniquement au myst�rieux cheval, dont les qualit�s physiques s'av�rent tout � fait remarquables. Une nuit de temp�te, Metzengerstein part avec le cheval dans la for�t. Pendant son absence, son ch�teau prend feu. Peu apr�s, le cheval entra�ne son cavalier dans une course effr�n�e, sans que Metzengerstein puisse s'y opposer, malgr� ses efforts, et se jette avec lui dans les flammes.
Release date NZ
April 27th, 2016
Pages
42
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Dimensions
152x229x3
ISBN-13
9781532974755
Product ID
37578906

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