TY - BOOK AU - Reade,Charles TI - The Cloister and the Hearth AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - Middle Ages -- Fiction KW - Love stories KW - Netherlands -- Fiction N1 - There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #38895; A small portion of this tale appeared in Once a Week, July-September, 1859, under the title of "A Good Fight."; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloister_and_the_Hearth; Release date is 2006-02-15; Produced by Neil McLachlan and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Cloister and the Hearth" by Charles Reade is a historical novel published in 1861. Set in 15th-century Europe, it follows Gerard Eliassoen, a young scribe whose journey takes him far from his beloved Margaret. When false news of her death reaches him, Gerard's path leads him toward the Church, setting up a profound conflict between earthly love and religious duty. Based on fragmentary details about Erasmus's parents, this richly detailed tale explores the collision between family devotion and clerical obligation across a vividly rendered medieval landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1366 ER -