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Can I read The Pastoral Symphony (La Symphonie Pastorale) on EtoBox?
The Pastoral Symphony (La Symphonie Pastorale) by Gide, Andre is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Pastoral Symphony (La Symphonie Pastorale) about?
This is a classic book of Gide. It is with this book that Gide won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947. A country priest adopts a blind orphan girl, does almost everything for her, and tries hard to inspire her mind and heart to help her get rid of the state of ignorance and lead her to see the wonderful world which she could not see. Though he is doing this out of pity, the priest falls in love with the girl. It causes great pains to his wife who dares not to face the fact. The blind girl mistakes gratitude for love. Nevertheless when her eyes are healed, she realizes that she is in love with the son Jacque instead of his father. She is also aware that her love is nothing different from crime which brings to the family only misfortune. ** count : 132.0
Who reads The Pastoral Symphony (La Symphonie Pastorale)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Gide, Andre
- Publisher
- Shanghai Sanlian Culture Publishing House
- Published
- 1966
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction