The Sin of Abbé Mouret
'I really don't understand how people can blame a priest so much, when he strays from the path.'The Sin of Abbé Mouret tells the compelling story of the young priest Serge Mouret. Striving after spiritual purity and sanctity, he lives a life of constant prayer, but his neglect of all physical needs leads to serious illness, followed by amnesia. No longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse Albine. Together, like a latter-day Adam and Eve, they roam through an Eden-like garden called the 'Paradou', seeking a forbidden tree in whose shade they willmake love. Zola memorably shows their gradual awakening to sexuality, and his…
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Weitere Autoren: Minogue, Valerie (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-105634-5
- EAN: 9780191056345
- Produktnummer: 22931712
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'843 KB
Über den Autor
Valerie Minogue has taught at the universities of Cardiff, Queen Mary, London, and Swansea. She is co-founder of Romance Studies and has been President of the Émile Zola Society, London, since 2005. She was made an Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 2012.
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