The Inferno by Henri Barbusse

The Inferno

Henri Barbusse

112 pages first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy reflective medium-paced
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A young man staying in a Paris boarding house finds a hole in the wall above his bed. Alternately voyeur and seer, he obsessively studies the private moments and secret activities of his neighbors: childbirth, first love, marriage, betrayal, illne...

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