Du Diable à Dieu : Histoire d'une conversion

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Du Diable à Dieu : Histoire d'une conversion

by Adolphe Retté

FR·~3 hours·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

ADOLPHE RETTÉ

3:55:42

Description

In this candid memoir, a once‑renowned poet recounts the darkest chapters of his intellectual life. Raised without religious guidance, he embraced militant atheism and even allied himself with those who sought to undermine the Church. His prose, sharp and lyrical, reveals a mind tormented by doubt and a relentless search for meaning.

The turning point arrives when a personal crisis drives him to the doorstep of a humble priest, whose simple act of forgiveness ignites a flicker of hope. From there, the poet begins a painful pilgrimage from despair toward a tentative, trembling faith, describing each night’s inner battle between darkness and a nascent light. Readers are drawn into his raw, heartfelt confession, feeling the weight of his struggle and the fragile emergence of grace.

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Language

fr

Duration

~3 hours (226K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

France: A. Messein, 1907.

Credits

Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))

Release date

2023-03-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Adolphe Retté

Adolphe Retté

1863–1930

A restless French writer who moved from Symbolist poetry to anarchist activism and later to fervent Catholic writing, his life took striking turns that still make his work feel vivid. His books carry both literary experimentation and the drama of a deeply personal spiritual journey.

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