Project Gutenberg 2016-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 618 Flaubert, Gustave 1821 1880 Redon, Odilon 1840 1916 Hearn, Lafcadio 1850 1904 Koizumi, Yakumo Hearn, Patrick Lafcadio Xiaoquan, Bayun La tentation de saint Antoine. English The Temptation of St. Anthony Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_(novel) E-text prepared by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and illustrations generously made available by Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://gallica.bnf.fr) "The Temptation of St. Anthony" by Gustave Flaubert is a philosophical novel written in the late 19th century. In this work, Flaubert explores the inner turmoil of the titular character, St. Anthony, as he grapples with profound spiritual and existential dilemmas amid temptations that challenge his faith and resolve. At the start of the narrative, St. Anthony finds himself in a desolate desert landscape, reflecting on his past and experiencing a crisis of faith. His memories evoke a longing for his former life and the company of loved ones, which leads him into temptations from various diabolical figures, including the embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins. He is confronted by visions that blur the lines between reality and illusion, including grand historical figures and events that reveal the tumultuous conflicts of human thought and desire. This multi-layered experience illustrates Anthony's struggle against the seductive nature of worldly pleasures, philosophical uncertainties, and the meaning of faith itself, positioning him as a seeker of truth in a tumultuous and bewildering spiritual landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Biographical fiction Christian fiction Egypt -- Fiction Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 -- Fiction Christian saints -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 407495 2025-07-21T04:36:24.319760 text/html 391892 2024-10-23T00:40:36 text/html 4544791 2025-07-21T04:36:32.095814 application/epub+zip 4548999 2025-07-21T04:36:25.835778 application/epub+zip 213182 2025-07-21T04:36:24.984781 application/epub+zip 4680563 2025-07-21T04:36:36.144723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4638353 2025-07-21T04:36:31.227699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306781 2022-09-23T20:03:23.917477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331583 2025-07-21T04:36:23.006777 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311478 2024-10-23T00:40:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20532 2025-07-21T04:36:36.293683 application/rdf+xml 18163 2025-07-21T04:36:25.114732 image/jpeg 2606 2025-07-21T04:36:25.048755 image/jpeg 5701069 2025-07-21T04:36:24.445776 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia