The Miracles of Antichrist is a philosophical novel by Selma Lagerlöf. Written as a love story between a young socialist and atheist Gaetano and Donna Micaela who is a Christian, the novel in fact represents author's criticism of socialism. The plot of the novel was inspired by a Sicilian legend: «When Antichrist comes, he shall seem as Christ», and the story centers around the antichrist in the form of a statue that Micaela prays to which seems to perform apparent miracles that are indistinguishable from those of Christ.
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Selma Lagerlöf. The Miracles of Antichrist
The Miracles of Antichrist
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
I. THE EMPEROR’S VISION
II. ROME’S HOLY CHILD
III. ON THE BARRICADE
FIRST BOOK
I. MONGIBELLO
II. FRA GAETANO
III. THE GOD-SISTER
IV. DIAMANTE
V. DON FERRANTE
VI. DON MATTEO’S MISSION
VII. THE BELLS OF SAN PASQUALE
VIII. TWO SONGS
IX. FLIGHT
X. THE SIROCCO
XI. THE FEAST OF SAN SEBASTIANO
SECOND BOOK
I. A GREAT MAN’S WIFE
II. PANEM ET CIRCENSES
III. THE OUTCAST
IV. THE OLD MARTYRDOM
V. THE LADY WITH THE IRON RING
VI. FRA FELICE’S LEGACY
VII. AFTER THE MIRACLE
VIII. A JETTATORE
IX. PALAZZO GERACI AND PALAZZO CORVAJA
X. FALCO FALCONE
XI. VICTORY
THIRD BOOK
I. THE OASIS AND THE DESERT
II. IN PALERMO
III. THE HOME-COMING
IV. ONLY OF THIS WORLD
V. A FRESCO OF SIGNORELLI
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Selma Lagerlöf
Translator: Pauline Bancroft Flach
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Gaetano answered him by weeping more violently.
“It is the mountain calling,” murmured Father Josef. “Mongibello is like the whole earth; it has all the earth’s beauty and charm and vegetation and expanses and wonders. The whole earth comes at once and calls him.”
