Serge Mouret, is an obsessively devout priest, aspiring to perfect purity and sanctity. A serious illness leaves him with amnesia, and no longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse Albine. Together they roam an Eden-like garden called the "Paradou," seeking a forbidden tree, bene
Shirley (Oxford World's Classics)
β Scribed by Charlotte Bronte
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 611
- Category
- Library
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