The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman

The Dream of Gerontius

John Henry Newman

80 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction poetry religion mysterious reflective medium-paced
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The Dream of Gerontius, first published in 1865, is Cardinal Newman's epic poem describing the descent of Gerontius, an Everyman character, into death and Purgatory. The poem opens with the old man's realization that his time has come. And once he...

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