"Master Zacharius, or the clockmaker who lost his soul" (French: Maître Zacharius ou l'horloger qui avait perdu son âme) is an 1854 short story by Jules Verne. The story, an intensely Romantic fantasy echoing the works of E. T. A. Hoffmann, is a Faustian tragedy about an inventor whose overpowering pride leads to his downfall. On a small island in the middle of the Rhone within the town of Geneva, the clockmaker Master Zacharius lives with his daughter Gerande, his apprentice Aubert Thun, and his elderly servant Scholastique.
Hunted Down is a short story, not a collection of detective stories. The story centers around events that are recounted by Mr. Sampson, a manager of a life insurance firm. It all begins with his encounter with the odd Mr. Slinkton, noted for the parting of his hair.
芥川竜之介の短編小説。大正8年(1919)、雑誌「新小説」に発表。ヨーロッパ中世の聖人伝「黄金伝説」に着想を得た作品とされる。キリスト教の聖人伝説集『レゲンダ・アウレア』(黄金伝説)に登場する聖人クリストフォロスの生涯を翻案した小説。キリシタン版の『天草本伊曾保物語』(1594年刊)で使用されている、戦国時代の京阪地方における話し言葉を引用した文体に特徴がある。芥川の小説におけるジャンル「切支丹物」の傑作とされる。