Unbeknownst to Aymar, Bertrand suffers in a small cell, drugged when he is visited by his uncle. Aymar supports burning Bertrand at the stake, but a court trial sentences him to an infirmary.Īymar transfers Bertrand to an asylum after the Versaillists have taken back Paris. However, he is caught attacking a man after transforming into a wolf. Fearing that he'll accidentally kill Sophie, Bertrand goes out one night to feed on someone else. They try to avoid the violent effects of his transformation by cutting into parts of her body and allowing him to suck her blood.Īymar finds Bertrand in Paris during the Paris Commune, but thinking that love has cured Bertrand, he decides not to take action. However, Bertrand and his love, Sophie, are forced to deal with his affliction. Aymar tries to find Bertrand by studying the details of local crimes, such as mauling of corpses and various murders.īertrand joins the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War, doing little fighting and finding love from a girl who works at a canteen. Bertrand flees to Paris after an assault on a prostitute, an incestuous union with his mother and a murder in their home village. His step-uncle, Aymar Galliez, who raises the boy (along with his mother and a servant), soon finds out about Bertrand's affliction. Sometimes the dreams are memories of actual experiences in which he had transformed into a wolf.

He shares the last name of a family previously known to have produced a werewolf.īertrand grows up with strange sadistic and sexual desires which are usually expressed as dreams. The book is sometimes considered the ' Dracula' of werewolf literature.īertrand is born on a Christmas Eve to a woman who had been molested by a priest. The novel follows Bertrand Caillet, the main character, who turns into a werewolf. 'The Werewolf of Paris' ( 1933) is a horror novel by Guy Endore.

Image_caption = Dust-jacket of the first edition of 'The Werewolf of Paris'

The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore