- Catholic women, Monastic and religious life of women, Nuns, Fiction
Set in England, this is a novel about a successful career woman in her forties who renounces the world to enter Brede monastery, a cloistered order of English Benedictine nuns and what happens to her thereafter.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemplative and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Rumer Godden
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 407
- Publisher
- Amereon Limited, Macmillan, Loyola Press
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780708819098
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“The tower of Brede Abbey was a landmark for miles through the countryside and out to sea; high above the town of Brede its gilded weathercock caught the light and could flash in the bright sun.”
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