Other Fiction Benson, Arthur Christopher: The Altar Fire, v1, 13 September 2009.

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Arthur Christopher Benson (1862–1925)
The Altar Fire (1907)

A fictionalised retelling of the Book of Job. A successful writer has to come to terms with bereavements, writers’ block and the problem of evil.
The events may parallel bereavements in the author’s personal life.
The MR library contains a number of books by his brothers, E. F. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson.

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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