A Library of Tales - Vol 1: 19 (CTS Onefifties) - Softcover

Lea, Lady Herbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784695459 ISBN 13: 9781784695453

Publisher: Catholic Truth Society, 2017

Synopsis

Lady Herbert's Wayside Tales are in the classic vein of 'improving literature'. CTS published thirty volumes of them in 1899; some were still in print two decades later. The Two Sisters is a case-study in the perils Victorian life afforded to penniless women orphans: drink, and concubinage. The Story of a Conversion encourages servants not to let fear of losing their position prevent them from becoming Catholic; whilst Can Both Churches Be True? is a sort of Socratic dialogue about the problems of the Anglo-Catholic 'branch theory' (whereby the Church of England is that part of the Church Catholic in England). It contains some good hits (It's making the truth just a matter of geography!) but is hardly fiction in any strong sense. The other three stories are concerned with deathbed or near-deathbed conversions. It is easy to suppose all these stories were drawn from life, even the Italian local colour (Lady Herbert became Catholic whilst living in Palermo).

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Herbert, Lady Herbert of Lea (1822-1911) was a Catholic convert, philanthropist, and writer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Catholic Truth Society
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784695459
• ISBN 13: 9781784695453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64