Project Gutenberg 2004-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 78 France, Anatole 1844 1924 Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-François Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault, Anatole Thaïs Thais Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Image files courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr "Thaïs" by Anatole France is a novel written during the late 19th century. Set in ancient Egypt, it explores themes of religious devotion, temptation, and redemption through the journey of the main character, Paphnuce, an ascetic monk. He is determined to save Thaïs, a beautiful courtesan who represents both physical temptation and spiritual corruption. The opening of "Thaïs" introduces us to the ascetic life of the desert monks living by the Nile, whose existence is filled with rigorous self-discipline, prayer, and attempts to overcome demonic temptations. Among them is Paphnuce, who reflects on his past intrigues with Thaïs and resolves to seek her out to convert her to a righteous life. He views her not only as a figure of lust but also as a soul in need of salvation. Through a series of contemplations and the beginning of his journey to Alexandria, Paphnuce's motivations and inner struggles are revealed, setting the stage for the unfolding conflict between flesh and spirit, beauty and sin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Egypt -- Fiction Christianity, Conversion to -- Fiction Courtesans -- Fiction Hermits -- Fiction Christian women saints -- Fiction PQ Text Opera FR Littérature Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 363203 363023 2024-10-03T08:59:47.674777 2023-10-03T08:15:17.842665 text/html text/html 363196 363016 2024-10-03T08:59:47.932765 2023-10-03T08:15:18.015636 text/html text/html 192641 2024-10-03T08:59:54.515740 application/epub+zip 197389 2024-10-03T08:59:49.885755 application/epub+zip 197388 2024-10-03T08:59:48.593768 application/epub+zip 320749 2024-10-03T08:59:58.083705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304673 2024-10-03T08:59:53.771750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286207 2022-09-03T11:35:10.115337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333326 333197 2024-10-03T08:59:47.281786 2023-10-03T08:15:17.579628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 333594 2015-03-21T19:12:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 128519 2015-03-21T19:14:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 325493 2015-03-21T19:12:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 127259 2015-03-21T19:14:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22694 2024-10-03T08:59:58.216706 application/rdf+xml 8019 2024-10-03T08:59:49.263758 image/jpeg 2245 2024-10-03T08:59:48.993755 image/jpeg 187797 2024-10-03T08:59:47.966768 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia