Project Gutenberg 2005-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 154 Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa) 1862 1921 Barclay, Florence Louisa (Charlesworth), Mrs. Roy, Brandon The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century Produced by Al Haines "The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century" by Florence L. Barclay is a historical romance novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds within a convent, centering around the daily lives of the nuns, particularly focusing on Sister Mary Antony and her unique interactions with the other White Ladies. Themes of spirituality, the tension between earthly desires and the holy life, and the ghostly echoes of the past loom large in the narrative. The opening of the story introduces us to Mary Antony, the oldest lay-sister at the convent, who has an important ritual of counting the nuns as they return from Vespers through a subterranean passage. This count originates from a tragic past incident involving Sister Agatha, which has left a lasting impression on the community. The narrative quickly highlights various characters in the convent, including the stern yet compassionate Prioress and the troubled Sister Mary Seraphine, who longs for the life she left behind. As Mary Antony contemplates her daily duties and playful thoughts, the atmosphere becomes rich with both tangible life and the spectral weight of memories, setting the stage for conflict that intertwines personal desires with spiritual obligations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Worcester (England) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance 813788 2025-08-07T06:45:01.860072 text/html 813609 2025-01-15T20:01:14.567197 text/html 387192 2025-08-07T06:45:13.850005 application/epub+zip 400779 2025-08-07T06:45:05.557065 application/epub+zip 377523 2025-08-07T06:45:04.182038 application/epub+zip 804785 2025-08-07T06:45:20.545997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 734859 2025-08-07T06:45:12.803011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603682 2022-09-08T04:58:48.679150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725758 2025-08-07T06:45:01.268096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 725488 2020-12-12T06:43:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 725479 2020-12-12T06:43:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19346 2025-08-07T06:45:20.686979 application/rdf+xml 24084 2025-08-07T06:45:04.681058 image/jpeg 4421 2025-08-07T06:45:04.432022 image/jpeg 272547 2020-12-12T06:43:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 272489 2020-12-12T06:43:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 382339 2025-08-07T06:45:01.920061 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia