The Abbess of Crewe

Title:

The Abbess of Crewe

Author:

Spark, Muriel.

Personal Author:

Spark, Muriel.

ISBN:

9780670100293

Publication Information:

New York : Viking Press, [1974].

Physical Description:

116 p. ; 22 cm.

Abstract:

The Abbess has been newly elected, crushing her one rival, the bleeding heart Felicity. The abbey Crewe finds itself deeply troubled with police and their dogs and the scandal-scenting media, and it all began with a stolen thimble.

Subject Term:

Abbesses, Christian -- Fiction.

Benedictine nuns -- Fiction.

Catholics -- Fiction.

Scottish fiction -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

England -- Fiction.

Genre:

Didactic fiction.

Summary:

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Summary

An elegant fable about intrigue, corruption, and electronic surveillance, 'The Abbess of Crewe' (1974) is set in an English Benedictine convent. Steely and silky Abbess Alexandra has bugged the convent, and rigged her election. But the cat gets out of the bag, and--plunged into scandal--the serene Abbess faces a Vatican inquiry.