The Priest

Beatrix Beck - Translated by Constantine Fitzgibbon

Published by MICHAEL JOSEPH, LONDON - UK, 1953

About this Item

FIRST BRITISH PRINTING - The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) is a 1952 novel by Béatrix Beck, which won the Prix Goncourt. - It was published in the UK as The Priest (1953) and in the US as The Passionate Heart (1953). - A movie version was made in 1961 called Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre), directed and scripted by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva. Belmondo was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor. Another version entitled La Confession was released in 2016, directed by Nikolas Boukhrief. - Plot: In a small French town during the Occupation, Barny is a young, wayward, sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl. She is also a communist militant who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. One day she enters a church, randomly chooses a priest and starts criticizing the religion. But the priest is Leon Morin, who is young, handsome, clever and altruistic. He believes that any sin can be expunged by a good dose of faith, and does not offer her the reaction she was expecting. She is disturbed. She starts frequenting Morin, impressed by his moral strength, while he makes it his mission to steer her onto the right path. - Condition: The original dustjacket houses this book. Designed by Edmund Blampied. Appears to be priceclipped. Soiled in general with a closed edge tear bottom of the front panel; [now repaired to the rear]. Have since taking the pictures, housed the dustjacket in a removable plastic archival sleeve for future protection. - Light purple cloth hardback boards with gold gilt lettering to the spine. Lightly faded top and bottom of spine, otherwise a beautiful and clean condition. - 192 pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautiful overall condition. - END - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest and I hope you like the book enough to buy it. Seller Inventory # 001482

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Priest

Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH, LONDON - UK

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Edmund Bampied

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING