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100	1		_aArmstrong, Martin, _d1882-1974
245	1	0	_aDesert
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-03-24
508			_aAl Haines
520			_a"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			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926
653			_aChristian fiction
653			_aHermits -- Fiction
700	1		_aRavilious, Eric, _d1903-1942
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75705
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