gertrude

The Consumptive is a novel written by Gertrude, published in 1850. The story is set in the early 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Alice, who is suffering from consumption, a disease that was prevalent during that time. Alice...

St. Alphonsus writes: "a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery." Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: "There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world...

Three Lives by Gertrude Stein (1909) is a collection of three interconnected stories - "The Good Anna," "Melanctha," and "The Gentle Lena." Each story portrays the life of an ordinary working-class woman in the fictional town of Bridgepoint. "The Good Anna" tells of a...