Strait Is the Gate

Name: Strait Is the Gate
Author: André Gide

by André Gide

Novella portraying a woman's religious devotion conflicting with earthly love and desire

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André Gide

French author and Nobel laureate who explored moral ambiguity, sexuality, and individual freedom with remarkable candor. His autobiographical fiction and journals exerted enormous influence on 20th-century French literature.

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