Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
50
Language
English
Published
Feb 26, 2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
ISBN-10
014139742X
ISBN-13
9780141397429
Description
This work presents us the surgeon Desplein, teacher of Horace Bianchon, the most recurrent doctor in the Comédie humaine. He is a honest man, an hardened atheist and a fanatical believer in science. When Bianchon sees Desplein attending Mass in the church of Saint-Sulpice, he is so intrigued by the conduct of his teacher that is so contrary to the ideas he professes, that he observes the surgeon. This way he discovers that Desplein assists four Masses a year and he decides to confront Desplein with it...
Genres
Science Fiction
Action & Adventure
Religion & Spirituality
Science & Technology
Classics