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Sophie Arnould
Adolphe Lalauze, Robert B. Douglas
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R913
Discovery Miles 9 130
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Sophie Arnould
Adolphe Lalauze, Robert B. Douglas
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R675
Discovery Miles 6 750
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Thais (Paperback)
Anatole France; Translated by Robert B. Douglas
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R898
Discovery Miles 8 980
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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Thais (Hardcover)
Anatole France, Robert B. Douglas
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R603
Discovery Miles 6 030
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Out of stock
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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Thais (Paperback)
Anatole France, Robert B. Douglas
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R382
Discovery Miles 3 820
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Out of stock
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
1909. Illustrations and Decorations by Frank C. Pape. Anatole
France is the pen name of Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault, French
novelist, poet, critic and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1921. The elegance and subtle irony of France's style are
displayed in Thais, a story about religious follies in the early
days of Christendom. See other titles by this author available from
Kessinger Publishing.
In those days the hermits of the desert lived in huts on the banks
of the Nile, where they lived abstemious lives, taking no food till
after sunset, and eating nothing but bread with a little salt and
hyssop.They lived in temperance and chastity; they wore a hair
shirt and a hood, slept on the bare ground after long watching,
prayed, sang psalms, and, in short, spent their days in works of
penitence. As an atonement for original sin, they refused their
body not only all pleasures and satisfactions, but even that care
and attention which in this age are deemed indispensable. They
believed that the diseases of our members purify our souls, and the
flesh could put on no adornment more glorious than wounds and
ulcers. It was a good and virtuous life. It was also fairly smelly.
One day a desert hermit named Paphnutius was recalling the hours he
had lived apart from God, and examining his sins one by one, that
he might the better ponder on their enormity, he remembered that he
had seen at the theatre at Alexandria a very beautiful actress
named Thais. resolved that the courtesan must necessarily be
brought to salvation. It was a terrible mistake, and one that still
haunts us all. THAIS a dryly tongue-in cheek novel of spiritual
enormity from Anatole France, winner of the Nobel Price for
Literature
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