Isabelle
1911
''Isabelle'' is a novel by French author André Gide, first published in 1911. The story follows Gérard Lacase, who seeks knowledge related to his thesis on Bossuet's sermons while exploring the decaying Château de la Quartfourche. His encounters with its inhabitants, particularly the mysterious Isabelle and the charming yet physically challenged Casimir, lead to a profound exploration of human emotions and relationships. Gide's work is notable for its modern narrative style and themes of individuality and emotional complexity.
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“There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity.””
— André Gide
“Nothing can make a face more impenetrable than the mask of kindliness.””
— André Gide
“The devastation of the lumberjacks appeared more atrocious at this time of year when everything is getting ready to come back to life. In the warm air some twigs were already growing, some buds were opening, and each branch that had been chopped was crying with sap. I advanced slowly, not feeling so sad because I was exalted by the pain of the countryside, feeling a bit gray perhaps by the strong vegetal odor that the dying trees and the earth exhaled. I was barely sensitive to the contrast of these dead trees with the renewal of springtime. In this state the park was more open to receive light which bathed and gilded both what was dead and what was alive. However, from far away the tragic song of the axes filled the air with a funeral solemnity, secretly””
— André Gide
“When I found myself alone in my bedroom that evening, an intolerable anguish embraced my soul and body. My boredom had become almost like fear. A wall of rain separates me from the rest of the world, far from all passion, far from life, and is closing me in a gray nightmare. I am with strange beings who are barely human, who have cold and discolored blood, and whose hearts stopped beating a long time ago. I opened my suitcase and looked at my train schedule. A train! At any hour of the day or night, it does not matter! I am smothering here. My””
— André Gide
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— André Gide
