Le Disciple

work by Bourget

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  • Bourget, oil painting by Paul Chabas; in a private collection
    In Paul Bourget

    Bourget’s most important novel, Le Disciple (1889), heralded a marked change in his intellectual position. Prefaced by an appeal to youth to abide by traditional morality rather than modern scientific theory, the novel portrays the pernicious influence of a highly respected positivist philosopher and teacher (who strongly resembles Taine)…

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