Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal

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Author

Richardson, Sarah J., 1835-

Title

Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal An Authentic Narrative of the Horrors, Mysteries, and Cruelties of Convent Life

Credits

Text file produced by Gardner Buchanan with help from Charles Franks and Distributed Proofers HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Ex-nuns -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

5734

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5734

Release Date

May 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE IN THE GREY NUNNERY AT MONTREAL — An authentic narrative of the horrors, mysteries, and cruelties of convent life by Sarah J. Richardson, an escaped nun.
2. 2.By Sarah J Richardson — Edited by Edward P. Hood
3. 3.LIFE IN THE GREY NUNNERY.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — PARENTAGE.—FATHER'S MARRIAGE.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — THE WHITE NUNNERY.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — THE NURSERY.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — A SLAVE FOR LIFE.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — CEREMONY OF CONFIRMATION.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — THE GREY NUNNERY.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — ORPHAN'S HOME.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — CONFESSION AND SORROW OF NO AVAIL.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — ALONE WITH THE DEAD.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — THE SICK NUN.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — THE JOY OF FREEDOM.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — LANDLADY'S STORY CONTINUED.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — THE TWO SISTERS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — CHOICE OF PUNISHMENTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — HORRORS OF STARVATION.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — THE TORTURE ROOM.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — RETURN TO THE NUNNERY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — SICKNESS AND DEATH OF A SUPERIOR.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — STUDENTS AT THE ACADEMY.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — SECOND ESCAPE FROM THE NUNNERY.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — LONELY MIDNIGHT WALK.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — FLIGHT AND RECAPTURE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — RESOLVES TO ESCAPE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — EVENTFUL JOURNEY.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — CONCLUSION.
30. 30.APPENDIX I. — ABSURDITIES OF ROMANISTS.
31. 31.APPENDIX II. — CRUELTY OF ROMANISTS.
32. 32.APPENDIX III. — INQUISITION OF GOA—IMPRISONMENT OF M. DELLON, 1673.
33. 33.APPENDIX IV. — INQUISITION OF GOA, CONCLUDED.
34. 34.APPENDIX V. — INQUISITION AT MACERATA, ITALY. NARRATIVE OF MR. BOWER. METH. MAG. THIRD
35. 35.APPENDIX VI. — ROMANISM OF THE PRESENT DAY.
36. 36.APPENDIX VII. — NARRATIVE OP SIGNORINA FLORIENCIA D' ROMANI, A NATIVE OF THE CITY OF NAPLES.

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