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 Project Gutenberg 2025-03-24 Public domain in the USA. 131 Armstrong, Martin 1882 1974 Ravilious, Eric 1903 1942 Ravilious, Eric William Ravilious, E. 26016087 Desert : $b A legend $aNew York :$bHarper & Brothers Publishers, $c1926. Al Haines "Desert: A Legend" by Martin Armstrong is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Malchus, a young man from an elite Alexandrian family, who abandons his comfortable urban life in pursuit of spiritual meaning and personal transformation during the era of early Christianity. The book examines the tensions between worldly pleasures, intellectual pursuits, religious faith, and the desire for ascetic renunciation, weaving these themes into Malchus's journey toward the desert and his interactions with the hermit Serapion. The opening of the novel follows Malchus as he leaves his family and city behind, propelled by inner turmoil stemming from a failed love affair with the beautiful Helena and a growing aversion to the empty sophistication of his social circle. Scenes shift from his solitary walk through the sun-baked streets of Alexandria, to a philosophical dinner party hosted by his friend Diocles, to a fateful encounter with the enigmatic hermit Serapion. Malchus, disillusioned by pleasure and reason alike, is drawn to the austere world of the desert monks. He follows Serapion across the lake and into the wilderness, enduring physical exhaustion and spiritual distress as he seeks admission to a life of solitude and divine discipline. The opening vividly conveys Malchus’s psychological transformation, his longing for escape from worldly entanglements, and the daunting challenges that accompany his quest for spiritual authenticity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250315203308armstrong 1926 US Reading ease score: 73.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian fiction Hermits -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 313230 2025-07-30T04:49:44.289074 text/html 288363 2025-03-24T19:56:12 text/html 3564702 2025-07-30T04:49:48.583064 application/epub+zip 3567414 2025-07-30T04:49:45.330044 application/epub+zip 182160 2025-07-30T04:49:44.785084 application/epub+zip 3643246 2025-07-30T04:49:51.215052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3627324 2025-07-30T04:49:48.155038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293280 2025-07-30T04:49:43.629091 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 273566 2025-03-24T19:56:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16527 2025-07-30T04:49:51.373021 application/rdf+xml 5144 2025-07-30T04:49:44.975064 image/jpeg 1459 2025-07-30T04:49:44.861051 image/jpeg 3844161 2025-07-30T04:49:44.419062 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia