Wholesale captain smashes

Everything is sad in Baron de Sigognac's dilapidated castle. This young man, the last offspring of a noble but ruined family, is bored to die between his dog, his horse and his old servant. When a troupe of actors seeks shelter at home, the baron wakes up, life has entered the castle. Let her go again? Not without him. He will accompany the troupe to Paris to seek his fortune there. During the trip, he became an actor and took a war name: he would be Captain Fracasse! And what exploits would he not be capable of, for the pretty eyes of the beautiful Isabelle, a delicious ingenue... Part of a genre very fashionable in the 19th century, Théophile Gautier weaves a great period novel (17th century) and cloak and sword: his Captain is a fine swordsman and does not refuse a duel, which he always wins. Her novel is also a fine tribute to the theatre and its servants, the actors.