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Mixing such seemingly incongruous elements as social satire, near-slapstick, and obsession with death, "A Winnowing," first published in 1910, is the first of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream novels...

The fourth of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream" novels, "An Average Man," first published in 1913, is a far from average production. The novel may well be Benson's finest achievement, ripping to...

Recently "beatified" by the Catholic Church - one step away from official recognition as a saint - the life of John Henry Newman (1801-1890) paralleled the return of Catholicism to England as a...

Arthur C. Benson's touching tribute to his brother, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), the noted author and preacher, whose conversion from the Anglican communion to Catholicism in 1903 startled...

The fifth of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream" novels, first published in 1914, "Initiation" relates a man's redemption, or initiation into his full humanity, through pain. The novel explores the...

The sixth and final of Robert Hugh Benson's "mainstream" novels, "Loneliness?" examines the life of a woman who sacrifices everything to be accepted by people who can see her only in terms of her...

Recently "beatified" by the Catholic Church - one step away from official recognition as a saint - the life of John Henry Newman (1801-1890) paralleled the return of Catholicism to England as a...

None Other GodsAuthor: Robert Hugh BensonPublisher: Once and Future BooksPublication Date: Jan 01, 2011Number of Pages: 312 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1602100063ISBN-13: 9781602100060

Unique among the works of Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), this short biographical sketch of St. Thomas ? Becket, "the holy blissful martyr," began as research for a historical novel. Becket's murder...

The late Dr. Ralph McInerny, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame du Lac, once commented that some Catholic novels are so good, they're bad. He meant that the heroes are so...

The CowardAuthor: Robert Hugh BensonPublisher: Once and Future BooksPublication Date: Jan 01, 2011Number of Pages: 312 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1602100071ISBN-13: 9781602100077