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  • The immoralist

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    I present this book for what it is worth—a fruit filled with bitter ashes, like those colocinths of the desert that grow in a parched and burning soil. All they can offer to your thirst is a still more cruel fierceness—yet lying on the golden sand they are not without a beauty of their own.If I had held my hero up as an example, it must be admitted that my success would have been small. The few ... Read more

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  • Dostoevsky

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by André Gide ...
    Arnold Bennett introduces André Gide's Dostoevsky as a remarkable critical study by a writer uniquely fitted to judge the Russian novelist: one who combines aesthetic delicacy with moral seriousness. Gide's lectures, first delivered in 1922, argue that Dostoevsky belongs beside Tolstoy, Ibsen, and Nietzsche as one of the central minds of modern Europe, and perhaps beyond them in his reach into ... Read more

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  • The Immoralist

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by André Gide ...
    André Gide's The Immoralist opens as a daring psychological inquiry into a man who cannot be neatly judged, with the author explicitly refusing to condemn or excuse Michel and instead presenting him as a human "problem" to be examined honestly. Framed by a letter from a concerned narrator to a powerful brother-like friend, the story gathers an intimate circle of companions—Michel, Marceline, Denis ... Read more

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  • Oscar Wilde

    Reminiscences

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Bernard Frechtman ...
    Personal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work—Oscar WildeAndré Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, doomed author, both celebrated and shunned in his time. Rather than compile a complete biography, Gide invites us to discover Wilde as he did—from their first meeting ... Read more

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  • Strait is the Gate

    André Gide

    by André Gide ...
    Strait is the Gate by André Gide is a profound reflection on love, sacrifice, and the quest for spiritual perfection. Published in 1909, this work focuses on the characters Alissa and Jérôme, who share mutual affection from childhood, but whose love is marked by renunciation and suffering.Through this story, Gide explores themes such as emotional repression, the conflicts between desire and ... Read more

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  • Prometheus Illbound

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Lillian Rothermere ...
    The wealthy Zeus drops a handkerchief in the street, and whoever picks it up must give him the name and address of one other person.That person is then rewarded with untold riches, while the finder of the handkerchief receives a punch in the face.This novella, a work of refined intellectual imagination, is a satirical discussion of man's search for individual values.'Prometheus Illbound' will ... Read more

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  • The Immoralist

    by André Gide ...
    The Immoralist by André Gide is a profound and psychologically intense novel that explores the struggle between personal desire and moral constraint. Through the intimate portrait of a young man's inner awakening, the story examines how illness, recovery, and self-discovery can radically reshape one's understanding of identity, freedom, and responsibility. The narrative follows Michel, a scholar ... Read more

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  • Return From The USSR

    by Andre Gide ...
    During the 1930s, Gide briefly became a communist, or more precisely, a fellow traveller (he never formally joined the Communist Party). As a distinguished writer sympathising with the cause of communism, he was invited to tour the Soviet Union as a guest of the Soviet Union of writers. The tour disillusioned him and he subsequently became quite critical of Soviet Communism. This criticism of ... Read more

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  • Two Symphonies

    by André Gide ...
    This is Andreas Gide’s 1931 novella, “Two Symphonies”. It's the story of a blind girl who is adopted by a pastor with a large family, and describes the unfortunate turmoil and friction that ensue. This marvellous tale is highly recommended for fans of Gide’s work, and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869–1951) was a French author who won the 1947 ... Read more

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  • Notes on Chopin

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Bernard Frechtman ...
    An inspiring discourse on the power of music from one of the twentieth century's most important figures, André GideAndré Gide, one of the great intellectuals of the twentieth century and a devoted pianist, invites readers to reevaluate Frédéric Chopin as a composer "betrayed . . . deeply, intimately, totally violated" by a music community that had fundamentally misinterpreted his work. As a ... Read more

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  • If It Die - André Gide

    by André Gide ...
    If It Die... by André Gide is a profound exploration of personal identity, moral ambiguity, and the human experience. Through this autobiographical work, Gide reflects on his formative years, offering an intimate portrayal of his journey from adolescence to adulthood. The narrative delves into his struggles with religion, sexuality, and societal expectations, portraying his inner conflict with ... Read more

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  • The Immoralist

    A Confessional Journey Through Desire, Moral Doubt, and the Cost of Radical Self-Liberation

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    Published in 1902, André Gide's The Immoralist is a deliberately unsettling confession in which Michel, a cultivated French scholar, recounts the illness, marriage, and spiritual crisis that awaken him to sensual experience. As his physical recovery becomes inseparable from a rejection of inherited moral, religious, and bourgeois restraints, the novella probes whether liberation is genuinely ... Read more

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