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050 4 _aPQ
100 1 _aGide, André,
_d1869-1951
245 1 4 _aThe Vatican swindle
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-06-16
508 _aTim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The Vatican Swindle" by André Gide is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set during the pontificate of Leo XIII, it primarily revolves around the character Anthime Armand-Dubois, a freethinking scientist who embodies themes of disbelief and human curiosity, particularly in the context of religious orthodoxy and hypocrisy. The novel explores his complex interactions with family members and the societal pressures of the time, likely weaving through notions of faith, scandal, and the individual’s quest for meaning. At the start of the narrative, Anthime travels to Rome for medical treatment, accompanied by his devout wife Veronica and his concerned brother-in-law, Julius. Their contrasting views on faith become evident, setting the stage for familial conflict, as Veronica hopes for Anthime's religious conversion while he remains defiantly atheist. The couple's domestic life is depicted with subtle tensions as they coexist in their shared space, while young Beppo, the street-smart procurer, begins to intrude upon their lives as a vehicle for Anthime's scientific experiments on living creatures. Simultaneously, the arrival of another family, the Baragliouls, introduces additional layers of complexity to the unfolding drama, hinting at a blend of humor and tragedy in the quest for understanding one’s place in a world marked by both enlightenment and faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925
653 _aDetective and mystery stories
653 _aFrench fiction -- Translations into English
700 1 _aBussy, Dorothy,
_d1865-1960
856 4 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005108645
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73838
999 _c114563
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