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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
In actions de la Compagnie des Indes, actions are company shares, not deeds or courses of action. The speculators intend to alter their price through legislative motions. The English “shares” establishes the financial sense before the chapter’s hot-and-cold metaphor for manipulation. Compagnie des Indes names the trading company whose shares are the object of this scheme.
Places to read
- Chapter VII, paragraph 29Frenchles actions de la Compagnie des Indes: Compagnie des Indes shares. The planned purchase and resale prices are spelled out in the narrative.