Prosper Mérimée's 'Federigo,' or How to Cheat God and Beat Pascal.
Prosper Mérimée wrote 'Federigo' in 1829 and republished it in his 1833 collection Mosaïque. The story's protagonist, thanks to a rigged deck of cards, is able to defeat Death, the devil, and to ultimately cheat and gamble his way into heaven. With very few exceptions, scholars have either dismissed...
| Publicado en: | Neophilologus Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 395 - 402 |
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