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Strait is the gate (La porte étroite) translated from the French of André Gide, by Dorothy Bussy. by Gide, André, 1869-1951. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The novel probes the complexities and terrors of adolescence and growing up. Based on a Freudian interpretation, the story uses the influences of childhood experience and the misunderstandings that can arise between two people. Strait is the Gate taps the unassuaged memory of Gide's unsuccessful wooing of his cousin between 1888 and 1891. Much of the story is written as an epistolary novel between the protagonist Jérôme and his love Alissa. Much of the end of the novel is taken up by an exploration into Alissa's journal that details most of the events of the novel from her perspective. The story is set in a French north coast town. Jerome and Alissa, cousins, as 10-11-year olds make an implicit commitment of undying affection for each other. However, in reaction to her mother's infidelities and from an intense religious impression, Alissa develops a rejection of human love. Nevertheless, she is happy to enjoy Jérôme's intellectual discussions and keeps him hanging on to her affection. Jérôme thereby fails to recognise the real love of Alissa's sister Juliette who ends up making a fairly unsatisfactory marriage with M. Tessière as a sacrifice to her sister Alissa's love for Jérôme.

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Author

Gide, André, 1869-1951.

Publisher

A.A. Knopf, 1924.

Published

1924

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction