Fiction: "Father Gaucher’s Elixir" by Alphonse Daudet

[Paul Ferguson]

"Immerse yourself into the warm, sunlit heart of 19th-century Provence, where a simple glass of golden-green elixir holds the fate of an entire monastery. In "The Reverend Father Gaucher’s Elixir" by Alphonse Daudet, discover the tale of a humble cowherd turned alchemical savant, whose concoction breathes life into the crumbling cloisters of the White Fathers. But what begins as a divine solution soon becomes a devilish temptation, testing the soul of the endearingly eccentric Father Gaucher. Will the secret of the elixir bring salvation or ruin?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6vkB1lab8M

English text here:
https://archive.org/details/alphonsedaud...0/mode/2up

French text here:
https://archive.org/details/bwb_KP-883-5...4/mode/2up