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Marshlands

work by Gide
Also known as: “Paludes”

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satire of Parisian salons

  • French write and Nobel laureate André Gide
    In André Gide: Symbolist period

    He satirized his surroundings in Marshlands (1894), a brilliant parable of animals who, living always in dark caves, lose their sight because they never use it.

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