Le Diable boiteux (novel)
Novel by Alain-René Lesage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Le Diable boiteux (English: The Devil upon Two Sticks; lit. 'The Lame Devil') is a novel by the French writer Alain-René Lesage. It is set in Madrid, and tells the story of the demon king Asmodeus, Don Cleophas Leandro Perez Zambullo and his beloved, Donna Thomasa.
In the novel, Asmodeus is imprisoned in a bottle. He is freed by a young aristocrat, and then assists his rescuer in a series of pranks. He also grants the young man the superhuman power of flight, which the man uses to spy on others. The novel depicted fictionalized versions of Parisian celebrities of the era.