The Narthex
The Faithful Dog
If only human fidelity were imbued with the same constancy as the dog's
By John M. Grondelski | June 3rd 2024 11:32 AMRumer Godden is perhaps best known for her 1969 bestseller In This House of Brede, the story of a woman who enters an English Benedictine convent. It was published a year after Godden converted to Catholicism. Religion, however, permeated Godden’s books from very early on, like Black Narcissus, her 1939…
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