The Confessions

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Saint Augustine Henry Chadwick (former Master, former Master, Peterhouse, Cambridge)

The Confessions

Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick (former Master, former Master, Peterhouse, Cambridge)

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Worlds Classics
14 August 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; The Early Church; Christian theology

Series: Oxford World's Classics

In this new translation the brilliant and impassioned descriptions of Augustine's colourful early life are conveyed to the English reader with accuracy and art.

Augustine tells of his wrestlings to master his sexual drive, his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of high power at the imperial court of Milan, and his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage as he recovered the faith that his mother had taught him. It was in a Milan garden that Augustine finally achieved the act of will to Christian conversion, which he compared to a lazy man in bed finally deciding it is time to get up and face the day.

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By: Saint Augustine
Translated by: Henry Chadwick (former Master former Master Peterhouse Cambridge)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 129mm, Width: 196mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9780199537822
ISBN 10: 0199537828
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 14 August 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active