** "The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest" by Hector France is a story about a priest battling internal struggles between his sacred duties and personal longings. The book explores themes of morality, temptation, and human passion through the life of a thirty-year-old priest respected in his village but secretly wrestling with desires for the young women around him. His sermons, based on love and morality, clash with traditional religious ideas as his vows of chastity are tested by lust. This sets a complex tension between his spiritual leadership and a deep yearning to experience life more fully, which ignites the rest of the story. **
The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest
By Hector France
** In a small village, a respected priest's inner peace is shattered as he battles temptation and forbidden desires amidst a congregation of youthful women.
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About the AuthorHector Nicolas Alphonse Marie France (1837–1908) was a French writer and soldier, the author of numerous stories of an erotic nature. Has also translated from English into French and from French into English. He sometimes collaborated with Hugues Rebell and Charles Carrington under the collective pseudonym Jean de Villiot.
Hector Nicolas Alphonse Marie France (1837–1908) was a French writer and soldier, the author of numerous stories of an erotic nature. Has also translated from English into French and from French into English. He sometimes collaborated with Hugues Rebell and Charles Carrington under the collective pseudonym Jean de Villiot.
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