In the canon
The Immoralist
- Form
- Form Novella
- Year
- Year 1902
- Originally in
- Originally in French
- Pages
- Pages 170
A young scholar nearly dies on his honeymoon in North Africa, and as his devoted wife nurses him back he discovers an appetite for pleasure that consumes him, until she falls ill in turn and he is too busy living to notice her dying.
To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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