Thaïs by Anatole France
"Thaïs" by Anatole France is a novel published in 1890. An ascetic hermit named Paphnuce travels from the Egyptian desert to Alexandria seeking Thaïs, a beautiful courtesan he once knew. He succeeds in converting her to Christianity, but as she retreats to a convent to repent, he becomes haunted by her former life and beauty. Their spiritual journeys take unexpected turns, leading to a profound reversal of faith and desire that questions
the nature of salvation itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | France, Anatole, 1844-1924 |
|---|---|
| Title | Thaïs |
| Alternate Title | Thais |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%C3%AFs_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by Carlo Traverso, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Image files courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Egypt -- Fiction |
| Subject | Christianity, Conversion to -- Fiction |
| Subject | Courtesans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Hermits -- Fiction |
| Subject | Christian women saints -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 6377 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Mar 21, 2015 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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