@booklet {7544, title = {The Monks of Thelema. A Novel}, howpublished = {The World}, volume = {8-9}, year = {1878}, note = {

Vol. 2 has the subtitle\ An Invention. New ed.\ London: Chatto and Windus, 1890.\ 

}, month = {January 2 - October 2, 1878}, pages = {See full text}, abstract = {

Mostly romance but presents a eutopian abbey based very loosely on the Abbey of Th{\'e}l{\`e}me of Fran{\c c}ois Rabelais (1483?-c.1533). The inmates of this Abbey are attractive young men and women whose \"vows are of permission to marry, to be rich, if the Lord will, and to live at liberty\" (I: 2). Throughout the book much humor is directed at social reform, the communal movement, and attempts at \"higher thought\".

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[Walter] [Besant] 1836-1901 and [James] [Rice] (1836-1901)} }