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Le pianiste virtuose Stephen Orlac est victime d'un grave accident de chemin de fer. Le docteur Cerral, un célèbre chirurgien à la réputation sulfureuse, sauve ses mains en pratiquant sur lui plusieurs opérations délicates. Stephen Orlac, bien que parfaitement remis physiquement, souffre d'un profond malaise. Malgré un travail acharné, il ne retrouve pas la dextérité qui l'avait rendu célèbre au piano. Il est tourmenté par de terribles hallucinations et, peu à peu, s'enfonce dans la dépression.

M. Maurice Renard is a modern French author with a wide reputation won by his imaginative scientific romances. This story of a thrilling adventure in the air while recalling the exploits of Jules Verne's heroes owes but little to that master who anticipated so many of the scientific appliances which have since become accomplished facts. Supposititious as it may be, it comes legitimately under the heading of "intelligent anticipation". - Summary by London Magazine, September 1910

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!M. Maurice Renard is a modern French author with a wide reputation won by his imaginative scientific romances. This story of a thrilling adventure in the air while recalling the exploits of Jules Verne's heroes owes but little to that master who anticipated so many of the scientific appliances which have since become accomplished facts. Supposititious as it may be, it comes legitimately under the heading of "intelligent anticipation".