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Unlike so many of the other spiritual books of his time which were written for persons who had withdrawn from the world or were preparing to do so, this work was addressed to those who lived in cities, who had jobs and families to think about on top of trying to live a life which was both sanctifying and fulfilling.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Francis de Sales
- First published
- 1662
- Pages
- 353
- Publisher
- P. O'Shea, Burns, Oates, and Washbourne, ltd., Printed by Henry Hills ... for Mat. Turner ...
- Editions
- 67
- Language
- Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9783772102776
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“1567 Born on August 21 in the Chateau de Sales, at Thorens in Savoy.”
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