Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert (World's Classics S.) - Softcover

Newman, Cardinal John Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019281687X ISBN 13: 9780192816870

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1986

Synopsis

John Henry Newman, one of the greatest religious figures of the nineteenth century, also had a successful career as a gifted novelist. Loss and Gain, his first novel, tells the story of a young man's search for faith in early Victorian Oxford. This edition is the first one to appear in eighty years.

About this title

About the Author

James David Earnest is Professor of English Emeritus, Murray State University, Kentucky. Gerard Tracey, who died in 2003, was formerly Lay Archivist of the Birmingham Oratory. He edited volumes 6, 7, and 8 of The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman.

Synopsis

One of the greatest religious figures of the nineteenth century, Newman, also a gifted and original novelist, tells the story of a young man`s search for faith and certainty amid the competing loyalties of early Victorian Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019281687X
• ISBN 13: 9780192816870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342