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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
A gambling game, named among the games Rochemaure keeps going through the night. In the long catalogue of her activities it belongs to the same world of entertainment, connections and financial opportunity as political and amorous intrigue. The narration also allows her compassion for friends; the list does not make every social activity evidence of a judicial conspiracy.
Places to read
- Chapter VII, paragraph 15Frenchtable de trente et un et de biribi: games of thirty-one and biribi. The narrator describes Rochemaure’s crowded social life, not the rules of either game.