Project Gutenberg 2005-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 67 Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa) 1862 1921 Barclay, Florence Louisa (Charlesworth), Mrs. Roy, Brandon The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century Produced by Al Haines "The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century" by Florence L. Barclay is a historical romance novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds within a convent, centering around the daily lives of the nuns, particularly focusing on Sister Mary Antony and her unique interactions with the other White Ladies. Themes of spirituality, the tension between earthly desires and the holy life, and the ghostly echoes of the past loom large in the narrative. The opening of the story introduces us to Mary Antony, the oldest lay-sister at the convent, who has an important ritual of counting the nuns as they return from Vespers through a subterranean passage. This count originates from a tragic past incident involving Sister Agatha, which has left a lasting impression on the community. The narrative quickly highlights various characters in the convent, including the stern yet compassionate Prioress and the troubled Sister Mary Seraphine, who longs for the life she left behind. As Mary Antony contemplates her daily duties and playful thoughts, the atmosphere becomes rich with both tangible life and the spectral weight of memories, setting the stage for conflict that intertwines personal desires with spiritual obligations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction Worcester (England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 813608 813561 2024-09-07T09:14:03.716518 2023-09-07T10:42:05.035988 text/html text/html 813601 813554 2024-09-07T09:14:04.008569 2023-09-07T10:42:05.248971 text/html text/html 360711 2024-09-07T09:14:14.701498 application/epub+zip 374537 2024-09-07T09:14:05.922524 application/epub+zip 374537 2024-09-07T09:14:04.834557 application/epub+zip 764366 2024-09-07T09:14:21.861445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694332 2024-09-07T09:14:13.805507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603682 2022-09-08T04:58:48.679150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725758 725754 2024-09-07T09:14:03.156525 2023-09-07T10:42:04.538967 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 725488 2020-12-12T06:43:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 272547 2020-12-12T06:43:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 725479 2020-12-12T06:43:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 272489 2020-12-12T06:43:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20212 2024-09-07T09:14:22.002439 application/rdf+xml 23817 2024-09-07T09:14:05.182537 image/jpeg 4373 2024-09-07T09:14:05.008532 image/jpeg 357656 2024-09-07T09:14:04.074541 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