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  • The Immoralist

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    "The Immoralist" recounts the hero's reversal of moral conscience following an illness and a return to health that turns his physiology upside down. One character recounts the lengthy confession Michel, "the immoralist", made in front of a few friends. A scholar with little interest in the flesh, he had once married a devoted woman, Marceline, without any real love, but who had stronger feelings ... Read more

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  • The Vatican swindle

    Les caves du Vatican

    by André Gide ...
    In "The Vatican Swindle," André Gide presents a provocative exploration of faith, morality, and the intricate webs of deception surrounding religious institutions. Written in a modernist style that blends keen psychological insight with biting satire, the narrative delves into the intersection of spiritual aspiration and worldly corruption. Gide constructs a vivid tableau filled with complex ... 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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  • 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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  • The Counterfeiters

    by André Gide, Mint Editions ...
    Series series Mint Editions (Reading With Pride)
    “My novel hasn’t got a subject. Yes, I know it sounds stupid…let’s say, if you prefer it, it hasn’t got one subject…and the subject of the book, if you must have one, is just that the very struggle between what reality offers him and what he himself desires to make of it.”In a novel about a novelist writing a novel that mirrors the novel he is in, what is the reality of the story? The ... Read more

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  • The Counterfeiters (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

    by André Gide, Germaine Brée ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    André Gide's The Counterfeiters explores complex moral and philosophical questions about personal freedom, identity, authenticity, moral responsibility, and the pursuit of truth. A novel-within-a-novel, The Counterfeiters is renowned for its innovative narrative technique. Gide employs a fragmented structure, incorporating multiple narrative threads, shifting perspectives, and experimental ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    100 Quotes by André Gide

    by André Gide, André Gide ...
    Narrated by Brad Carty ...

    Unabridged

    18 min

    Frenchman André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 – 1951), was an author and winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. He published over fifty books, including 'Les Nourritures terrestres' (1897) ('Fruits of the Earth'), 'Les Caves du Vatican' (1914) ('Lafcadio's Adventures'), 'La Porte étroite' (1909) ('Strait is the Gate'), 'La Symphonie pastorale' (1919), and the experimental 'Les Faux Monnayeurs' ... Read more

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  • The Immoralist

    by Andre Gide ...
    Series series Vintage International
    First published in 1902 and immediately assailed for its themes of omnisexual abandon and perverse aestheticism, The Immoralist is the novel that launced André Gide's reputation as one of France's most audacious literary stylists, a groundbreaking work that opens the door onto a universe of unfettered impulse whose possibilities still seem exhilarating and shocking.Gide's protagonist is the frail, ... Read more

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  • The Vatican Swindle

    by André Gide ...
    In 1890, during the pontificate of Leo XIII, Anthime Armand-Dubois, unbeliever and freemason, visited Rome in order to consult Dr. X, the celebrated specialist for rheumatic complaints. “What!” cried Julius de Baraglioul, his brother-in-law. “Is it your body you are going to treat in Rome? Pray Heaven you may realise when you get there that your soul is in far worse case.” To which Armand-Dubois ... Read more

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  • The White Notebook

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Wade Baskin ...
    This work lays bare the early brilliance and philosophical conflicts of André Gide, a towering figure in French literatureNobel Prize–winning writer André Gide lays bare his adolescent psyche in this early work, first conceived and published as part of his novel The Notebooks of André Walter, completed when he was just twenty years old. This profoundly personal work draws heavily on his religious ... 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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  • 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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