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About This Novel
"The Immoral Man" is a strongly autobiographical novel written by Gide. It tells the story of a man who violates traditional customs and attempts to follow his own personal preferences. In the story, the protagonist Michel and his wife Marceline traveled to North Africa and unfortunately contracted tuberculosis. When Marceline took care of him, she discovered that he had no love for her and had homosexual tendencies. After returning to France, Michel meets the amoral Menard, who advises him to forget the past and indulge in sensual pleasures. His wife Marceline already knew about it, and her illness added to her heartache. She soon died of depression and died in a foreign land.
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Official(1)Scraped 21d ago
It is a novel with a very unique genre, and the description is quite attractive, but I would like to read the original version in French.
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Community(0)
Official(1)Scraped 21d ago
It is a novel with a very unique genre, and the description is quite attractive, but I would like to read the original version in French.
