La colline inspirée by Maurice Barrès
"La colline inspirée" by Maurice Barrès is a post-symbolist novel published in 1913. Set on the sacred hill of Sion in Lorraine, France, the story follows three brothers who revive an abandoned pilgrimage site. Their success attracts crowds and wealth, but a fateful encounter with an excommunicated priest transforms their sanctuary into a heretical stronghold. The novel explores the clash between spiritual freedom and ecclesiastical authority, between the mystical pull of ancestral
land and institutional order, as the brothers face the consequences of their divergence from Rome. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Barrès, Maurice, 1862-1923 |
|---|---|
| Title | La colline inspirée |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Hill Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Colline_inspir%C3%A9e |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 61527 |
| Release Date | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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