A Woman of the Pharisees
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Francois Mauriac, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1952, was famous for his subtle character portraits of the French rural classes and for depicting their struggles, aspirations and traditions. The Woman of the Pharisees, which was first published in English in 1946 and became one of Mauriac's most accomplished novels, is a penetrating evocation of the moral and religious values of a Bordeaux community. In Brigitte, we see how the ideals of love and companionship are stifled in the presence of a self-righteous woman whose austere religious principals lead her to interfere-disastrously-in the lives of others. One by one the unwitting victims fall prey to the bleakness of her "perfection." A conscientious schoolteacher, a saintly priest, her husband and stepdaughter and an innocent schoolboy are all confronted with tragedy and upheaval. But the author's extraordinary gift for psychological insight goes on to show how redeeming features inevitably surface from disaster. The unfolding drama is seen through the discerning eye of a young Louis-Brigitte's stepson-whose point of view is skillfully blended into the mature and understanding adult he later becomes.
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Mauriac, F. (2018). A Woman of the Pharisees. [United States], Valmy Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mauriac, François. 2018. A Woman of the Pharisees. [United States], Valmy Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mauriac, François, A Woman of the Pharisees. [United States], Valmy Publishing, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mauriac, François. A Woman of the Pharisees. [United States], Valmy Publishing, 2018.
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