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Short Story Wednesdays: “The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller” by Gustave Flaubert
Books / Theology

Short Story Wednesdays: “The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller” by Gustave Flaubert

by WB on Feb 6, 2013 • 1 Comment

This week, we get to hear all about Christianity, morality, and sanctification, from the ever-insightful Gustave Flaubert, in his fantastic story about learning to hunt as an up-and-coming medieval prince. After a series of twists, we meet Jesus Christ in a riverside hovel. Read along here.

Only the saint knows sin.

-W.P. DuBose

A pretentious student once asked Flannery O’Connor whether she had been influenced at all by Flaubert. She responded (once imagines in her thickest Southern drawl), “FLOW-BARE? Never heard of him.” Despite the sarcasm, his writing style, stance on faith, and meditations on how the grace of God changes someone were…

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Short Story Wednesdays: “An Encounter” by James Joyce
Books / Grace in Practice / Theology

Short Story Wednesdays: “An Encounter” by James Joyce

by WB on Jan 9, 2013 • 2 Comments

Introducing a new feature! Weekly or quasi-weekly postings of short stories followed by a few observations/thoughts on the story – they’ll all be available online, and discussion is (highly) encouraged for those who are inclined.

As an opening salvo, I thought we’d look at “An Encounter” from James Joyce’s Dubliners, a beautiful little composition set in the city of Dublin and written in the early twentieth century. The story deals with two young boys who set off on a day of adventure in the big city. As such, it’s a tale of youthful idealism running up against the realities of the adult,…

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