The Heroic Face of Innocence : Three Stories by Georges Bernanos

by Georges Bernanos, Pamela Morris (Translator), Michael Legat (Translator)

This powerful volume of religious fiction gathers three short stories by the French literary master Georges Bernanos, best known for his profoundly moving novel The Diary of a Country Priest.Though written independently of each other, these works share a common theme -- Bernanos's deep conviction that what will save our world is not intellectual achievement, political effort, technological progress, or theological acumen, but the heroism of innocence. In each of these stories Bernanos portrays young women as embodiments of the power of Christian innocence.

Contents:

- Joan, heretic and saint translated by R. Batchelor
- Sermon of an agnostic on the feast of St. Thérèse translated by Pamela Morris and David Louis Schindler, Jr.
- Dialogues of the Carmelites translated by Michael Legat

Genres: Fiction

150 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Georges Bernanos était un écrivain français, gagneur du Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française en 1936 avec Journal d'un curé de campagne.

George Bernanos was a French writer. His 1936 book, Journal d'un curé de campagne (Diary of a Country Priest), won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.

Reviews

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Mar 2025. Spring Break treat.

Stopping after ten pages; Spring Break proved too busy.