Monsieur Teste by Paul Valéry
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"Monsieur Teste" by Paul Valéry is a fragmentary prose cycle first published in 1896 and expanded in 1926. The work presents Monsieur Teste, a mysterious intellectual who rejects emotion, personal relationships, and artistic creation in favor of pure rational thought. Through letters, diary entries, and observations from friends and his wife, Valéry explores this enigmatic figure who embodies extreme rationality and self-awareness while remaining deliberately isolated from society. The character serves as
both a critique and embodiment of absolute intellectualism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945 |
|---|---|
| Title | Monsieur Teste |
| Original Publication | Paris: Gallimard, 1929. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Teste |
| Contents | La soirée avec M. Teste -- Lettre d'un ami -- Lettre de Madame Émilie Teste -- Extraits du log-book de Monsieur Teste. |
| Credits | Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Polona digital library) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Fiction |
| Subject | Men -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sensitivity (Personality trait) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 75440 |
| Release Date | Feb 22, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 373 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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