Summarized & Analyzed: "The Power and the Glory"

By Student World

The present novel “The Power of the Glory” was first published in 1940. The title of the novel is particularly notable, for it happens to be an allusion to the doxology that is often recited at the end of the Lord’s Prayer: “For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen.”

When the book was first published in the United States of America, its title was “The Labyrinthine Ways.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Jul 28, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370410033

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Summarized & Analyzed: The Power and the Glory

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Summarized & Analyzed: The Power and the Glory

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Introduction

About The Power and the Glory

Plot Overview

About Major Characters

The Priest

The Lieutenant

The Mestizo

Maria

Padre Jose

Complete Summary

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Critical Analysis

Note

Introduction

Student World is a group of college lecturers and professors. We understand how high school and college students feel when they are given to read literature, especially classics. They generally get lost in the long and complex sentences, a parade of characters, and shifting narratives, thus making it difficult for them to make head from tail.

Our guide books are written in very simple and clear language, without exaggerating the facts. We do not include our opinions and never become too subjective while analyzing the works of literature.

We try to make our books as easy as possible for students to read them and learn from them so that when they read the original texts of the classics or other works of literature, they are prepared and they know what the work is about.

In this book we have included introduction to the book, plot overview, about major characters, complete summary, and critical analysis.

Although we know that some students do not want to read the original text because they prepare only to pass their exams or tests, yet we insist that they read the original text of The Power and the Glory so that they can understand the subtle aspects of the narrative which can't be presented in this treatise.

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About The Power and the Glory

Graham Greene’s full name is Henry Graham Greene, but he used to write under his pen name Grahame Greene. This widely acclaimed and extremely popular author is often considered as one of the great writers of the 20th century.

He is popularly known for his very serious Catholic novels and thrillers which were primarily aimed at entertaining his readers. Greene is also considered as one of the most ‘cinematic’ writers of the 20th century.

It is notable that most of his novels and several of his short stories and plays have been adapted for movies and television. Even today, this great writer has not lost his popularity.

The present novel The Power of the Glory was first published in 1940. The title of the novel is particularly notable, for it happens to be an allusion to the doxology that is often recited at the end of the Lord’s Prayer: For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen. When the book was first published in the United States of America, its title was The Labyrinthine Ways.

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