Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux (the Little Flower) [The Authorized English Translation of Therese’s Original Unaltered Manuscripts]

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Translated from the critical edition by John Clarke, OCD, 3rd ed. (1997). Includes general and biblical index, with 8 pages of photos.

Two and a half years before her death in 1897 at the age of 24, as Thérèse Martin started writing down her childhood memories at the request of her blood sisters in the Lisieux Carmel, few could have guessed the eventual outcome. Yet this Story of my soul, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a up to date spiritual classic, read by millions and translated into dozens of languages all over the world.
Decades later, in response to growing requests from scholars and devotees of the Saint, a facsimile edition of the manuscripts seemed, along side more popular French editions of what the Saint had in reality written. Here, expressed with all of Thérèse’s original spontaneity and fervor, we rediscover the great themes of her spirituality: confidence and love, the little way, abandonment to God’s merciful love, and her mission in the church and world today.
Father John Clarke’s acclaimed translation, first published in 1975 and now accepted as the usual all the way through the English-speaking world, is a faithful and unaffected rendering of Thérèse’s own words, from the original manuscripts. This new edition, prepared for the centenary of the Saint’s death, includes a make a choice bibliography of up to date works in English on Thérèse, along side a new referencing system now widely used in studies of her doctrine.

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