The Revolt of the Angels

Anatole France

earliest edition we have, 2007 Read Books, 2007 364 pages

<p>Arcade is a guardian angel assigned to Maurice d’Esparvieu, a man so honest that he seems to be sinless. Bored by this lack of work, Arcade begins reading the books in d’Esparvieu’s library—but he reads too widely and too deeply. Soon, he finds himself losing his faith in God, who he realizes is really just a minor deity named Ialdabaoth with delusions of grandeur.</p> <p>Disillusioned with his existence, he moves...

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