Luca Fumagalli
(RadioSpada.org) Published posthumously in 1915, Loneliness? is the last novel written by mgr. Robert Hugh Benson, a modern story with a strong psychological implication that analyse the themes of vocation and self-renunciation.
The young singer Marion Tenderton returns to London in search of a contract after months spent in Germany to perfect her already brilliant singing skills. When the girl falls in love with Max Merival, the Protestant family of the scion suffers anxiety regarding both Marion’s Catholic faith and her career as an opera singer, deemed inappropriate. Her confessor then advises her to ask Max to convert to Catholicism before marriage, making him promise to educate her children in her ancient faith.
The man, however, does not seem very convinced and the fear of losing him makes Marion falter. Her difficulties, however, are only just beginning: some time later, due to an accident on stage, the girl irreparably damages her voice, which does not return even …More