Desert (Registro nro. 116430)
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| control field | 75705 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UtSlPG |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610134742.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 26016087 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Armstrong, Martin, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1882-1974 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Desert |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-03-24 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Al Haines |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Desert: A Legend" by Martin Armstrong is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Malchus, a young man from an elite Alexandrian family, who abandons his comfortable urban life in pursuit of spiritual meaning and personal transformation during the era of early Christianity. The book examines the tensions between worldly pleasures, intellectual pursuits, religious faith, and the desire for ascetic renunciation, weaving these themes into Malchus's journey toward the desert and his interactions with the hermit Serapion. The opening of the novel follows Malchus as he leaves his family and city behind, propelled by inner turmoil stemming from a failed love affair with the beautiful Helena and a growing aversion to the empty sophistication of his social circle. Scenes shift from his solitary walk through the sun-baked streets of Alexandria, to a philosophical dinner party hosted by his friend Diocles, to a fateful encounter with the enigmatic hermit Serapion. Malchus, disillusioned by pleasure and reason alike, is drawn to the austere world of the desert monks. He follows Serapion across the lake and into the wilderness, enduring physical exhaustion and spiritual distress as he seeks admission to a life of solitude and divine discipline. The opening vividly conveys Malchus’s psychological transformation, his longing for escape from worldly entanglements, and the daunting challenges that accompany his quest for spiritual authenticity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Christian fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Hermits -- Fiction |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ravilious, Eric, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1903-1942 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75705">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75705</a> |
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