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Michael: A Tale of the Masterful Monk
Michael: A Tale of the Masterful Monk
Michael: A Tale of the Masterful Monk
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Michael: A Tale of the Masterful Monk

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Again, as in his tremendously popular earlier books, Owen Francis Dudley deals with the problems of human happiness. In this new novel his talent for storytelling seeks its expression in highly dramatic incidents which take place in a variety of settings and with a fresh cast of fascinating characters.

The action moves across half a world, from England to the South Seas, and begins on a steamer bound for New Zealand, where Father Thornton becomes a confidant of Michael St. Helier. Introverted and unfriendly, this young man in an accident on shipboard behaves in a manner which is interpreted as cowardice. The Masterful Monk finds that extreme sensitivity and an unhappy home life have brought about a morbid revulsion from ugliness and violence and a refusal to accept pain or sacrifice. Recognizing the psychological problem involved, he takes young St. Helier in hand and becomes his friend and mentor. With unflagging interest the reader follows the steps by which, through many trials and adventures, Michael is brought face to face with his own problems and is able, in the end, to confront his future with courage. A tender love story is interwoven in this compelling novel.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPapamoa Press
Release dateDec 1, 2018
ISBN9781789124422
Michael: A Tale of the Masterful Monk
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Owen Francis Dudley

Owen Francis Dudley (1882-1952) was an English Catholic priest who gained fame both as a world lecturer and as a novelist. Dudley became an Anglican minister in 1911 and was received into the Catholic Church in 1915. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1917 and became a chaplain in the British Army. Dudley saw service on the French and Italian fronts during World War I and was wounded. After the war he was active in the Catholic Missionary Society (a society of Catholic priests) and was elected the Superior General of the Catholic Missionary Society of England in 1933. Dudley’s published novels include The Masterful Monk (1929), Pageant of Life (1932), The Coming of the Monster (1936), The Tremaynes and the Masterful Monk (1940), Michael (1948), and Last crescendo (1954), which was published posthumously. In addition to his novels, he penned some nonfiction works, including Will Men Be Like Gods?: Humanitarianism or Human Happiness? (1932), Human Happiness and H.G. Wells (1936), The Church Unconquerable (1936), You and Thousands Like You” (1949), and ‘What I Found’—An Ex-Anglican’s Conversion Story (1949). Dudley died in 1952.

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