Fictional works that have Catholic virtues and meaning woven through them.

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Fictional works that have Catholic virtues and meaning woven through them.

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1LesMiserables
Apr 18, 2014, 12:10 am

... either intentionally or otherwise.

For me, Les Miserables and The Lord of the Rings are great examples of this.

Do you have any that fit the bill?

2hf22
Edited: Apr 18, 2014, 7:20 am

Any of the fiction of G.K Chesterton would count I suppose, such as The Man Who Was Thursday, as well as the Chronicles of Narnia, though C.S. Lewis never actually came home.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh would be another, though I am not a fan.

Others I would suggest are Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and The Divine Comedy by Dante.

3Phlegethon99
Apr 18, 2014, 3:41 pm

Jean Raspail's novels also come to mind, especially "Sire" (1990) but also "The Camp of the Saints" (1973), although the Catholic mainstream will contest that.

4hf22
Edited: Apr 18, 2014, 11:31 pm

Is not the The Camp of the Saints a bit, well, anti-immigration? Now, I am all for (constitutional) catholic monarchy for France and other places, but I think I might join the "Catholic mainstream" is contesting these.

5vpfluke
Apr 18, 2014, 11:46 pm

Two books tagged more tha once as Catholic novels are:

Conceived Without Sin by Bud Macfarlane Jr. (2 times)
Father Elijah: An Apocalypse by Michael D. O'Brien (2 times)

6John5918
Apr 19, 2014, 2:23 am

Every time this topic comes up, I always mention Morris West's The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Second Victory, and A J Cronin's The Keys of the Kingdom.

7LesMiserables
Apr 19, 2014, 7:39 pm

There seems to be lots of lists out there with good suggestions...

An example http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/columns/johnmccloskey/perspectives/09.asp

Literary Classics

Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
The Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos
Hopkins: Poetry and Prose by George Manley Hopkins
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Christianity and Culture by T. S. Eliot
The Idea of a University by John Newman
Silence by Shusaku Endo
Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Lost in the Cosmos : The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy
Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset
Kristin Lavransdatter II : The Wife by Sigrid Undset
Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset
Flannery O'Connor: Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

8PossMan
Apr 20, 2014, 6:42 am

>6 John5918: johnthe fireman mentions Morris West's "Shoes of the Fisherman". I'd like to add Clowns of God by the same author.

9LesMiserables
Apr 21, 2014, 4:09 am

Just got Brideshead revisited from the library today and looking forward to reading it after I have read my current book Tolkien biography by Humphrey Carpenter.

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