Project Gutenberg 2005-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 69 Moore, George 1852 1933 Moore, George Augustus Rhone, Lady Sister Teresa Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Carol David and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Sister Teresa" by George Moore is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Evelyn Innes, a once-famous singer who has left the stage and is now deeply involved with a convent, wrestling with her spiritual commitments and the demands of her previous life. The opening chapters introduce several key characters, including Mother Philippa and the Prioress, as they confront financial difficulties while drawing Evelyn back into the world of music and societal pressures. The beginning of "Sister Teresa" sets the tone for the existential and moral dilemmas Evelyn faces. As she learns of the convent's dire financial circumstances, Evelyn offers her support, revealing her deep emotional connection to the nuns and their plight. Her reflections on her past as an actress showcase a stark contrast between her former life filled with fame and the simplicity she seeks within the convent. The dialogues between Evelyn and the nuns convey their desperation and resilience while hinting at the tension between her responsibilities to the convent and the allure of her former life, setting the stage for her inner conflict as she contemplates returning to the stage, all while being pulled further into the spiritual realm she now navigates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Religious fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 717377 717253 2024-10-06T13:48:04.887844 2023-09-07T04:19:06.674666 text/html text/html 717370 717246 2024-10-06T13:48:05.207852 2023-09-07T04:19:06.851686 text/html text/html 321464 2024-10-06T13:48:14.636800 application/epub+zip 331250 2024-10-06T13:48:07.329859 application/epub+zip 331250 2024-10-06T13:48:06.030841 application/epub+zip 546711 2024-10-06T13:48:20.077759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514932 2024-10-06T13:48:13.787818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488618 2022-09-07T17:26:11.405980 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657983 657910 2024-10-06T13:48:04.184858 2023-09-07T04:19:06.150669 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 657693 2020-12-19T03:47:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 243742 2020-12-19T03:47:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 657692 2020-12-19T03:47:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 243679 2020-12-19T03:47:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20988 2024-10-06T13:48:20.206786 application/rdf+xml 10356 2024-10-06T13:48:06.568845 image/jpeg 2834 2024-10-06T13:48:06.300831 image/jpeg 316551 2024-10-06T13:48:05.268856 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia