sentences:  In manner there is little resemblance between the two novels, and in the later parts of Martin du Gard's sequence (not completed until 1940) the correspondences are less notable.The two authors read each other parts of their respective manuscripts prior to publication, and remained on good terms thereafter, so it appears that neither felt wronged in any way by the similarities.Gide acknowledged the influence of Martin du Gard's novel in a letter to the author dated July 8, 1925.