Project Gutenberg 2004-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 140 France, Anatole 1844 1924 Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-François Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault, Anatole Thaïs Thais Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%C3%AFs_(novel) Produced by Carlo Traverso, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Image files courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr "Thaïs" by Anatole France is a novel written during the late 19th century. Set in ancient Egypt, it explores themes of religious devotion, temptation, and redemption through the journey of the main character, Paphnuce, an ascetic monk. He is determined to save Thaïs, a beautiful courtesan who represents both physical temptation and spiritual corruption. The opening of "Thaïs" introduces us to the ascetic life of the desert monks living by the Nile, whose existence is filled with rigorous self-discipline, prayer, and attempts to overcome demonic temptations. Among them is Paphnuce, who reflects on his past intrigues with Thaïs and resolves to seek her out to convert her to a righteous life. He views her not only as a figure of lust but also as a soul in need of salvation. Through a series of contemplations and the beginning of his journey to Alexandria, Paphnuce's motivations and inner struggles are revealed, setting the stage for the unfolding conflict between flesh and spirit, beauty and sin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Egypt -- Fiction Christianity, Conversion to -- Fiction Courtesans -- Fiction Hermits -- Fiction Christian women saints -- Fiction PQ Text Opera FR Littérature Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: French Literature 363375 2025-07-03T07:26:40.006387 text/html 363196 2025-01-09T22:52:59.718175 text/html 192706 2025-07-03T07:26:45.892385 application/epub+zip 197376 2025-07-03T07:26:41.891406 application/epub+zip 197376 2025-07-03T07:26:40.600404 application/epub+zip 320775 2025-07-03T07:26:49.010381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304673 2025-07-03T07:26:45.280428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286207 2022-09-03T11:35:10.115337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333326 2025-07-03T07:26:39.676451 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333594 2015-03-21T19:12:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 325493 2015-03-21T19:12:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21270 2025-07-03T07:26:49.142346 application/rdf+xml 8019 2025-07-03T07:26:41.346417 image/jpeg 2245 2025-07-03T07:26:41.106397 image/jpeg 128519 2015-03-21T19:14:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 127259 2015-03-21T19:14:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 187864 2025-07-03T07:26:40.036409 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia