Project Gutenberg 2020-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 45 Loti, Pierre 1850 1923 Viaud, Julien Viaud, Louis Marie Julien La mort de Philæ Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "La mort de Philæ" by Pierre Loti is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. The story appears to explore themes related to Egypt's historical and cultural legacies, as well as contemporary influences, using vivid imagery and a reflective tone. The opening alludes to the mystique surrounding the Sphinx and the Pyramids, drawing on the contrast between the ancient symbols of power and the encroachment of modernity. The opening of the narrative paints a scene set at midnight in front of the Sphinx, where the author captures the surreal atmosphere under a bright yet eerie moon, illuminating the iconic structures and the surrounding desert. Loti describes a tension between the timelessness of these ancient monuments and the modern world encroaching upon them, as tourists with contemporary attire disturb the sacred space. The narration also evokes a sense of melancholy, suggesting that the mystique and reverence once held for these wonders are fading in the face of increasing commercialization and tourism, raising questions about cultural identity and loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Egypt -- Description and travel DT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 368896 368897 2024-09-26T06:25:27.848129 2023-09-27T06:24:36.785032 text/html text/html 359263 2020-09-07T14:12:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 258425 2024-09-26T06:25:33.166099 application/epub+zip 257928 2024-09-26T06:25:28.577110 application/epub+zip 239560 2024-09-26T06:25:28.205130 application/epub+zip 348363 2024-09-26T06:25:36.916116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324132 2024-09-26T06:25:32.761108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306172 2022-09-28T13:15:41.648034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349060 2023-09-27T06:24:36.387023 text/plain 18680 2024-09-26T06:25:37.045051 application/rdf+xml 12093 2024-09-26T06:25:28.289103 image/jpeg 1976 2024-09-26T06:25:28.247089 image/jpeg 215896 2024-09-26T06:25:27.886088 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia