{"product_id":"thoughts-and-reflections-of-armand-jean-david-n-bell-9780879071349","title":"Thoughts and Reflections of Armand-Jean de Rancé, Abbot of La Trappe: Volume 297","description":"Armand-Jean de Rancé (1626-1700), the reforming abbot of la Trappe, was a prolific writer in a verbose age. Until he was in his thirties, he enjoyed the life of a young man about town, but then, after experiencing a dramatic conversion, he left the world forever for the silence and austerity of la Trappe. To read all that he wrote when he governed the abbey would take a great deal of time, but in 1703, three years after Rancé's death, Jacques Marsollier, archdeacon of Uzèz and one of Rancé's biographers, published a slender volume of selected \u003ci\u003ePensées et Reflexions\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Thoughts and Reflections,\" by Rancé, which presents the essential ideas of the abbot in a condensed form. There are 259 \u003ci\u003ePensées\u003c\/i\u003e, ranging in length from a couple of lines to about thirty. They are best dipped into, not read consecutively, for some will have more impact than others depending on the reader, the time, and the place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David N. Bell, Armand-Jean de Rancé, Jacques Marsollier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879071346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879071349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.39d","brand":"David N. Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063459770623,"sku":"9780879071349","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57e327b4-47f7-4cca-848c-e437169023f3.jpg?v=1685389679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thoughts-and-reflections-of-armand-jean-david-n-bell-9780879071349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}