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Teresa of Avila
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Fiction
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2012;1957
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Penguin Books Ltd
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en-GB
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Born in the Castilian town of Γvila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by ma