Bourget, Paul,  1852-1935 <br/><br/>
The disciple 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Disciple  Release date is 2024-05-16 
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<br/><br/> "The Disciple" by Paul Bourget is a novel published in 1889. A young philosophy student applies his mentor's deterministic theories as a cold experiment on a nobleman's daughter, with tragic consequences. Inspired by a real murder case, this psychological thriller questions whether modern intellectuals bear responsibility when their ideas influence impressionable minds. The work marked Bourget's shift toward moral and Catholic themes, transforming a sensational crime story into a profound examination of science, faith, and the dangerous allure of treating human hearts as laboratory subjects. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>French fiction -- Translations into English 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ