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A lyrical travel account that opens with a moonlit portrayal of the Sphinx and pyramids rendered in an uncanny rose light, blending vivid sensory detail—color, cold, desert fog—with contemplative observation. The prose juxtaposes timeless stone and ritual silence with modern intrusions: travelers, guides, roads and hotels that encroach on the ancient landscape. Through close description and reflective asides, the text evokes changing climate and customs, the uneasy coexistence of past and present, and a mood of loss, reverence, and quiet astonishment.

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Title: La mort de Philæ

Author: Pierre Loti

Release date: September 7, 2020 [eBook #63141]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: French

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LA MORT DE PHILÆ ***

PIERRE LOTI
DE L'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE

LA
MORT DE PHILÆ

PARIS
CALMANN-LÉVY, ÉDITEURS
3, RUE AUBER, 3