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"The Immoral" is a collection of Gide's trilogy of novels, including "The Immoral", "The Narrow Gate" and "Pastoral Symphony". It is called Gide's "moral trilogy" or "love trilogy". "The Immoral" tells the story of the protagonist Michelle, who has married according to her father's order, but does not control her desires and violates ethics. Under the double blow of illness and heart disease, his wife Marceline soon died of depression and passed away in a foreign land. "The Narrow Gate" tells the story of the protagonist Jerome who has been in love with his cousin Alyssa since childhood. Although Alyssa also had the same feelings for Jerome, she abided by the Puritan self-restraint and buried her feelings deeply in her heart. In the end, she became ill and died unfortunately. "Pastoral Symphony" tells the story of a priest who adopts a blind girl and enlightens her culturally. Later, the pastor and the pastor's son fell in love with her at the same time. The blind girl was cured of her eye disease, but after she regained her sight, she discovered the subtle relationship between the three of them. Tortured between love and justice, she finally committed suicide by jumping into a river...
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