La Symphonie Pastorale
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La Symphonie Pastorale is a French novel written by Andr� Gide published in 1919.
It is about a pastor who adopts a young blind girl whom his daughter, Charlotte, names "Gertrude". The title refers to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (also known as the Pastoral Symphony) which the pastor takes Gertrude to hear. It also refers to the pastor's own symphony with Gertrude. His wife, Am�lie, resents Gertrude...
MoreLa Symphonie Pastorale is a French novel written by Andr� Gide published in 1919.
It is about a pastor who adopts a young blind girl whom his daughter, Charlotte, names "Gertrude". The title refers to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (also known as the Pastoral Symphony) which the pastor takes Gertrude to hear. It also refers to the pastor's own symphony with Gertrude. His wife, Am�lie, resents Gertrude because the pastor dedicates more attention to Gertrude than to their five children. She tries to prompt him to a recognition of the true nature of his feelings for the young woman in his care. Her ability to "see" this is contrasted with the "blindness" of the pastor in this regard and the reader is invited to judge him on his intellectual dishonesty. As a religious man, the pastor takes the Bible very seriously and tries to preserve Gertrude's innocence by protecting her from the concept of sin.
From the back panel:
Lorsque para�t la Symphonie Pastorale en 1919, Andr�Gide a 50 ans. Son refus des conventions morales et spirituelles dans Les Nourritures Terrestres (1895) et Les Caves du Vatican (1914) le met � l'index de la soci�t� bien pensante de l'�poque. Ce court "roman" d�di� � Jean Schlumberger est pourtant une r�f�rence continuelle � l'Evangile: renouant avec ses ascendances protestantes, Gide y d�peint, dans le plus pur style classique, les inqui�tudes d'un Pasteur face � la tendresse de Gertrude, une aveugle qu'il a prise sous sa protection.
| Publisher | Auvidis Textes |
| Binding | Audio CD (56 editions) |
| Reading Level | Uncategorized
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| # of Pages | N/A |
| ISBN-10 | B0035DJHLM |
| Publication Date | /1995 |
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