Another character has a brother who died in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake after leaving the Carmelites.
One character in this work calls his companion a philosopher after he kisses an executioner on both cheeks and relates the story of how Socrates courteously accepted the cup of hemlock. Another character has a brother who died in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake after leaving the Carmelites. That character tells an extremely detailed tale of how he was wounded in knee and is disconcerted when his new horse repeatedly leads him to gibbets. An innkeeper's wife tells the story of Madame de La Pommeraye's failed plot for revenge on the Marquis des Arcis. Concluding with the title character's release from jail after his master kills a man in a duel, FTP, name this novel by Denis Diderot.
One character in this work calls his companion a philosopher after he kisses an executioner on both cheeks and relates the story of how Socrates courteously accepted the cup of hemlock.
{Jacques the Fatalist} and his Master or {Jacques le Fataliste} et Son Maitre