Project Gutenberg 2024-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 197 Gide, André 1869 1951 Gide, Andre Gide, André Paul Guillaume Bussy, Dorothy 1865 1960 Bussy, Dorothy Strachey Strachey, Dorothy Bussy, Simon, Mme. Bussy, Mme. Simon Olivia The Vatican swindle : $b (Les caves du Vatican) $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf, $c1925. Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Vatican Swindle" by André Gide is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set during the pontificate of Leo XIII, it primarily revolves around the character Anthime Armand-Dubois, a freethinking scientist who embodies themes of disbelief and human curiosity, particularly in the context of religious orthodoxy and hypocrisy. The novel explores his complex interactions with family members and the societal pressures of the time, likely weaving through notions of faith, scandal, and the individual’s quest for meaning. At the start of the narrative, Anthime travels to Rome for medical treatment, accompanied by his devout wife Veronica and his concerned brother-in-law, Julius. Their contrasting views on faith become evident, setting the stage for familial conflict, as Veronica hopes for Anthime's religious conversion while he remains defiantly atheist. The couple's domestic life is depicted with subtle tensions as they coexist in their shared space, while young Beppo, the street-smart procurer, begins to intrude upon their lives as a vehicle for Anthime's scientific experiments on living creatures. Simultaneously, the arrival of another family, the Baragliouls, introduces additional layers of complexity to the unfolding drama, hinting at a blend of humor and tragedy in the quest for understanding one’s place in a world marked by both enlightenment and faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005108645 20220122060935gide 1925 US Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 497813 2025-07-29T08:28:48.043270 text/html 474668 2024-06-16T09:42:25 text/html 372408 2025-07-29T08:28:55.704220 application/epub+zip 376576 2025-07-29T08:28:49.562283 application/epub+zip 272629 2025-07-29T08:28:48.657259 application/epub+zip 638144 2025-07-29T08:29:00.295289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599230 2025-07-29T08:28:54.849250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455530 2025-07-29T08:28:46.696261 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 435600 2024-06-16T09:42:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17451 2025-07-29T08:29:00.454199 application/rdf+xml 15962 2025-07-29T08:28:48.869252 image/jpeg 3451 2025-07-29T08:28:48.762252 image/jpeg 476939 2025-07-29T08:28:48.092263 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