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  The Immoralist (Paperback) By (author) Andre Gide, Introduction by Alan Sheridan, Translated by David Watson

  

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  Short Description for The ImmoralistMichel had been a blindfold scholar until, newly married, he contracted tuberculosis. His will to recover brings self-discovery and the growing desire to rebel against his background of culture, decency and morality. But the freedom from constraints that Michel finds on his restless travels is won at great cost.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 04 May 2000
  • Format: Paperback 144 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
  • ISBN 13: 9780141182995 ISBN 10: 0141182997
  • Sales rank: 65,150

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• 'To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom' - Andre Gide. Michel had been a blindfold scholar until, newly married, he contracted tuberculosis. His will to recover brings self-discovery and the growing desire to rebel against his background of culture, decency and morality. But the freedom from constraints that Michel finds on his restless travels is won at great cost. And freedom itself, he finds, can be a burden. Gide's novel examines the inevitable conflicts that arise when a pleasure seeker challenges conventional society and, without moralizing, it raises complex issues involving the extent of personal responsibility.