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Have you read The Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson? Written by a Catholic priest convert in 1907, it is a dystopian novel about the rise of an anti-Christ in London/ Europe culture. Very worth your time.

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I haven’t, actually; personally I’m not a fan of dystopian fiction, but it’s neat that it was written by a priest!

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Understand. He also wrote a novel called The King’s Achievement, about a faithful Catholic family in England during the time of Henry VIII and his dissolution of the monasteries. Being a novel, it was a good way to understand that era.

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Oh yes, I always thought he wrote one set in that time period! I’ll have to pick it up sometime.

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Bon article madame, je pense qu'il ne faut pas juste de la littérature catholique, mais de la BONNE littérature catholique.

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Merci! Oui, exactement!

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Hahaha, nous sommes d'abord du même opinion, pour mon part j'essaye de faire justement ce dont tu parles de, en francais et anglais ici sur Substack.

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Très bien! C'est intéressant. Sur quoi écrivez-vous?

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J'ecris des romans de fantasie.

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Ah! Perfait pour moi, j’aime la romans de fantasie.

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Parfait! J'en ai un tas en anglais et un en francais (celle en francais est plus grande, elle est presque 1,500 de pages de long).

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Lovely post! I'll have to look into En Route Books and Media. I've found a lot of Catholic historical and contemporary authors, but anything into the realm of speculative fiction appears to be only occupied by Tolkien -- very sad, considering how powerful Catholicism can be in any type of story!

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Thanks, Khylie! I agree, it is very sad. I hope that the dearth of speculative Catholic fiction begins to be filled in!

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