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La Symphonie Pastorale

La Symphonie Pastorale
André Gide Original title La Symphonie pastorale (French, 1919)

La Symphonie pastorale is a French novella written by André Gide first published in October and November of 1919 in La Nouvelle Revue Française N°73 and N°74.


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“Sin is whatever obscures the soul.”

Le péché, c'est ce qui obscurcit l'âme.
La Symphonie Pastorale (1919)

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