{"product_id":"a-mirror-of-shalott","title":"A Mirror of Shalott","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Robert Hugh Benson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShe said nothing, and her silence was the worst of all…\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe contents\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003ci\u003eA Mirror of Shalott\u003c\/i\u003e are ghost stories, recounted by a group of priests with varying levels of credence. These stories, as Monsignor Maxwell says on the first evening, deserve a hearing, and responses ought to be given on the basis of rational investigation and faithful adherence to God, who is “Lord of both the dead and the living.” One after the other, in an ever-thickening atmosphere of dread and suspense, the fourteen priests recount their respective tales: mystical substitution (the bearing of temptation on behalf of another); exorcisms; ships in the night; corruption in the heart of man and his handiwork; a Viaticum delivered alongside the footsteps of a mysterious, sinister stranger; and nine more—each as chillingly otherworldly as the last.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1907, \u003ci\u003eA Mirror of Shalott \u003c\/i\u003eis among the earliest entries in supernatural fiction by a leading light of Anglo-Catholic literature, meriting appreciation alongside those of Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, and Russell Kirk, and ranking as “some of the best in literature of the uncanny.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Hugh Benson \u003c\/b\u003e(1871–1914), the son of the Anglican Archbishop of Cant­erbury, was a convert to the Roman Catholic faith and was ordained a priest in 1904. A dynamic preacher and author, Benson wrote numerous novels, short stories, plays, and spiritual texts. A number of his works are now available from Cluny, including \u003ci\u003eCome Rack, Come Rope\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Light Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLord of the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685953515\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100040913263,"sku":"978-1685953515","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product227.jpg?v=1781124934","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/a-mirror-of-shalott","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}