'''La Fin de Satan''' ('''The End of Satan''') is a work of poetry [[Victor Hugo]] wrote in [[1886]].
*'''Support'''. Unnecessary disambiguation. [[User:Grendelkhan|grendel]]|[[User_talk:Grendelkhan|khan]] 21:23, 2005 May 6 (UTC)
*'''Neutral to Don't Move''' Some of O'Brian's titles require disambiguation and it seems reasonable to have a certain consistency in the page titles with the added (novel) after all of them. Given that I am not completely set on that. [[User:Dabbler|Dabbler]] 23:07, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
The book starts with the disgrace of [[Satan]] ("Depuis quatre mille ans il tombait dans l'abîme" [http://poesie.webnet.fr/poemes/France/hugo/167.html]).
This is followed by the story of [[Nimrod]], a powerful and monstruous king of [[Judaea]], who becomes bored after he has fully dominated the universe and decides to conquer the [[heavens]]. For this purpose he builds a cage and attaches four giant eagles to it with meat of dead lions above their head out of reach to attract them upward. With his servant the [[eunuch]], Nemrod embarques the cage and the eagles start towards the Heavens. After a journey of one year, Nimrod shoots an arrow into the infinite, then falls back to earth dead.
The second part of La Fin de Satan is about the life and death of [[Jesus]]. It emphasises the evil of human beings. In "Tenebres" (2:21) we hear [[Barabbas]] curse this impure world that liberated him instead of Christ and claim that we would have chosen to die if offered the choice.
The third part is about the [[angel]] Liberty who comes down to earth to forgive the beast Satan.
==External link==
[http://e-books.freenfo.net/4/4039144.html La Fin de Satan - French text online]
