The Ayenbite of Inwyt (Remorse of Conscience) by Michel and Laurent
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"The Ayenbite of Inwyt (Remorse of Conscience)" by Michel and Laurent is a confessional prose work written in 1340. Translated from the French "Somme le Roi" by Benedictine monk Michael of Northgate, this Middle English treatise explores Christian morality through allegory, depicting the seven deadly sins as heads of the Beast of the Apocalypse. Written in Kentish dialect for common readers, it's valued more for preserving 14th-century pronunciation than literary merit. Its
archaic title—meaning "again-biting of inner wit"—later inspired James Joyce's "Ulysses." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Michel, Dan, active 14th century |
|---|---|
| Author | Laurent, d'Orléans, active 1279 |
| Translator | Wyatt, A. J. (Alfred John), 1858-1935 |
| Title |
The Ayenbite of Inwyt (Remorse of Conscience) A Translation of Parts into Modern English |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayenbite_of_Inwyt |
| Credits |
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Devotional literature |
| Subject | Christian life -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59399 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-59399-9 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 475 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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