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    The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir
    The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir
    The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir
    Audiobook21 minutes

    The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir

    Written by Alphonse Daudet

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was one of France's finest storytellers.

    The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir is set in a dilapidated monastery in Provence. The order has fallen on hard times and the future of the entire monastery is in jeopardy. But the order's simpleton cow-herd, Brother Gaucher, has an unexpected idea. His old Auntie Bégon had in her later years invented a marvellous herbal elixir. By producing, bottling, and selling this, Brother Gaucher believes the order can become as rich as the Trappists and the monks of Chartreuse.

    The Prior is enthusiastic and Brother Gaucher sets to work, and before long the whole monastery is thriving. Brother Gaucher - now elevated to Father Gaucher - works alone and in secret in his distillery producing the wonderful and sought-after brew. But it is not long before Father Gaucher starts behaving very oddly...and his madness threatens to destabilize the whole monastery....
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateJul 20, 2014
    ISBN9781467681995
    The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir
    Author

    Alphonse Daudet

    Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) novelist, playwright, journalist is mainly remembered for the depiction of Provence in Lettres De Mon Moulin and his novel of amour fou, Sappho. He suffered from syphilis for the last 12 years of his life, recorded in La Doulou which has been translated into English by Julian Barnes as The Land of Pain.

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      What a great classic short story --- and quite humorous!