Conscience: A Novel of a Bought Career
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A young doctor of great promise marries money, and the money has a condition attached that he discovers only when the man who holds it will not die on schedule. Malot abandoned law for journalism and wrote some seventy novels, one of which — Sans Famille — outlived them all; this one is his study of a conscience being negotiated with, item by item, by a man who is not a villain. Thirty-nine plates, among them Rembrandt and Thomas Eakins, track the bargaining conscience through three centuries of portraits and moral scenes.
A young doctor of great promise marries money, and the money has a condition attached that he discovers only when the man who holds it will not die on schedule. Malot abandoned law for journalism and wrote some seventy novels, one of which — Sans Famille — outlived them all; this one is his study...
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Hector Malot (1830–1907) was a French novelist who published his work in Paris. He is best known for Sans Famille (1878); his novel Conscience (1888) examines a physician's moral crisis.
Hector Malot (1830–1907) was a French novelist who published his work in Paris. He is best known for Sans Famille (1878); his novel Conscience (1888) examines a physician's moral crisis.
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