Catalina (novel)

Catalina (novel)

First edition (UK)
Author W. Somerset Maugham
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Heinemann (UK)
Doubleday (US)
Publication date
1948
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 256

Catalina is a novel written by W. Somerset Maugham and first published by Heinemann [1]in 1948. Set in Spain during the Inquisition the novel is a satire on the power of the church. It was Maugham’s last published novel.

Plot

Catalina is a crippled girl, supposedly cured by divine intervention after witnessing a vision of the Virgin Mary. As a result of this, she is pressured into becoming a nun in a Carmelite convent. The Bishop of Segovia, himself undergoing a crisis of faith, becomes involved in the debate about the debt owed to god by Catalina for her cure, but the girl resists all attempts to control her life, determined to marry the man she loves. She joins a troupe of strolling players and becomes the most famous actress in all of Spain.

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