The Solitary Soul and Purgatory
Two short piece by Frederick Rolfe
From 1888 to 1889 Frederick Rolfe, sometimes known as Baron Corvo, lived in Holywell in North Wales. There he created a storm of a row with the catholic priest of the shrine to St Winifrede, much of this row was played out in the pages of The Holywell Record, a catholic monthly, which Rolfe wrote for and eventually edited. Many, but not all of the pieces Rolfe wrote for The Record have been reprinted. These two short pieces, 'The Solitary Soul' and 'Purgatory' are some of the first pieces he wrote for The Record, long before his presence in the town became irksome to the catholic cergy and people of the town. The first is a short story in which the narrator has died and, instead of proceeding directly to heaven as he had expected, finds himself in purgatory. The second is no more than a theological fragment really, but on the same subject and so included here.
11pp., saddle-stitched into dark blue card covers with hand painted decoration and torn paper label, with an acetate wrap (not shown), published in a limited edition of only 50 copies.
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