A Breath of Air McNabb treasured part of Christian tradition:

treasured part of Christian tradition: the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

in all their tragic ambivalence

enlightening

the honor and dignity of work

A Breath of Air McNabb treasured part of Christian tradition:We are such stuff as dreams are made on: and our little life is rounded with a sleep, cries Prospero in Shakespeares The Tempestfrom which play Rumer Godden took the story of this novel, A Breath of Air. In cast of character and plot structure, parallels are certainly presentMr. van Loomis is the novels magician and ruler; Charis, his literate, island bound daughter, is Miranda; the playwright Valentine is Ferdinand; and the exiled, brutish Mario is