TY - ABST T1 - The Monks of Thelema. A Novel Y1 - 1878 A1 - [Walter] [Besant] 1836-1901 A1 - [James] [Rice] (1836-1901) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Mostly romance but presents a eutopian abbey based very loosely on the Abbey of Thélème of François 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".

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

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The Authors of 'The Golden Butterfly.' Etc. [pseud.]

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