The Immoralist
by GIDE, ANDREHOWARD, RICHARDEdition: Revised
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1996-02-13
Publisher(s): Vintage
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Summary
Superb novel deals with the consequences of amoral hedonism in the story of a man who tries to rise above good and evil and give free rein to his passions.& Introductory Note. Map. Footnotes.
Author Biography
André Gide was born in Paris in 1869 and died there in 1951. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. His works include The Immoralist, The Counterfeiters, Strait is the Gate, the autobiography If It Die . . . , and three volumes of Journals. He also wrote plays, essays, short stories, and books of travel.
Richard Howard is a Pultizer Prize–winning poet and translator. He has translated Baudelaire, Stendhal, and Gide, among others. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.
Richard Howard is a Pultizer Prize–winning poet and translator. He has translated Baudelaire, Stendhal, and Gide, among others. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Map of Places Mentioned | p. x |
| The Immoralist / L'Immoraliste | p. 1 |
| Preface / Preface | p. 4 |
| A Monsieur D. R. / To Mr. D. R. | p. 8 |
| p. 14 | |
| p. 78 | |
| p. 156 | |
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