France, Anatole,  1844-1924 <br/><br/>
Thaïs 
 Thais 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%C3%AFs_(novel)  Release date is 2004-08-01 
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<br/><br/> "Thaïs" by Anatole France is a novel published in 1890. An ascetic hermit named Paphnuce travels from the Egyptian desert to Alexandria seeking Thaïs, a beautiful courtesan he once knew. He succeeds in converting her to Christianity, but as she retreats to a convent to repent, he becomes haunted by her former life and beauty. Their spiritual journeys take unexpected turns, leading to a profound reversal of faith and desire that questions the nature of salvation itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Egypt -- Fiction Christianity, Conversion to -- Fiction Courtesans -- Fiction Hermits -- Fiction Christian women saints -- Fiction 
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