Monsieur de Camors by Octave Feuillet, Fiction, Classics, Literary

Louis de Camors is a man accustomed to wealth. He spends his day in leisure, idling the days away in nothing more than spending time with glamorous people and partying the evening away. Then his father commits suicide, revealing in a letter that the family's state of affairs is in ruins. His father had taken out too many loans for Louis to attain any loans for himself. His college friend, Lescande, has offered Louis a loan, but since he is too proud to accept and the fact that he had once had an affair with Lescande's wife, he tells Lescande that he has no need for money, that he has plenty to live upon. But will his lie spiral into more lies? Or will he confess to Lescande and request his assistance in returning his life to its previous grandeur? Octave Feuillet was a noted French playwright and novelist. He is known as a writer who straddled the line between the romantic and realistic styles of literature. "Monsieur de Camors" is considered his masterpiece.