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Original title Frritt-Flacc Publication date December 1884 Country France | 3.5/5 Goodreads Language French Originally published December 1884 Illustrator George Roux Published in english 1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Published in English 1892,
The Strand Magazine Genres Short story, Horror fiction, Horror Similar Jules Verne books, Horror books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Frritt-Flacc" is a horror short story by Jules Verne. It was first published in December 1884 in the magazine Le Figaro illustré and then in 1886 together with the novel The Lottery Ticket as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series. The first English translation was published in 1892 in The Strand Magazine.
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Plot summary
Frritt expresses the sounds of a roaring hurricane and flacc the sound of falling streams of water during a rainstorm.
Trifulgas, a physician, lives in unnamed coastal area. He is rich and works only for the rich. One night, during a storm, a girl knocks at the door. Her father, a poor fisherman, is dying. Since she has no money Trifulgas goes back to sleep. Soon someone knocks again. It is a woman whose husband is dying. She has some money but not enough so the doctor goes back to sleep. The storm becomes worse when another one knocks. The mother of a fisherman suffering a heart attack has enough money—their house was sold shortly ago. The doctor follows her. A look on the dying man horrifies Trifulgas—it is he who lies in the bed. In spite of all effort, Trifulgas dies under his own hands.
Publication history
as "Dr. Trifulgas: A Fantastic Tale" (trans. unknown)
as "The Ordeal of Dr. Trifulgas" (trans. Willis T. Bradley)
as "Frritt-Flacc" (trans. I.O. Evans)
as "The Storm" (trans. Alberto Manguel)