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Agnes of God is a 1979 play by American playwright John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth but does not believe she has. After the child is found dead, a psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The title is a pun on the Latin phrase Agnus Dei ("lamb of God").
Agnes of God is a 1985 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly. It was written by John Pielmeier, based on his 1979 play of the same name. The plot is about a novice nun (Tilly) who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virginal conception. A ...
The book was first published in German on August 1, 1998, through Arche Verlag and follows a romance between a nameless older man and Agnes, a young woman that is almost half his age. [2] [3] Of the book, Stamm commented that he saw the book's landscape and climate as an important way of setting the tone for the novel and its characters. [4]
The website's consensus reads: "It may not deliver as many straight-up scares as genre fans expect, but Agnes takes a gratifyingly unusual approach to well-worn territory." [ 10 ] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
[1] [3] After high school, Rekert spent a year working in a logging camp, then took a year off to try acting. [1] Rekert subsequently joined the Arts Club Theatre Company and in 1973 he landed his first television role on the comedy-drama The Beachcombers. [1] In 1985 Rekert played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film Agnes of God.
Agnes Wickfield is a character of David Copperfield, the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens. She is a friend and confidante of David (the narrator and protagonist of this semi-autobiography) since his childhood and at the end of the novel, his second wife.
In 1191 they bought Tonnerre of Agnes's mother, Mathilde of Burgundy. [ 2 ] She died in 1192 or 1193, while her husband fought in the Holy Land with the Third Crusade , leaving a daughter, Matilda (1188 † 1257), [ 2 ] Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, who married with Hervé IV of Donzy († 1222) in 1199, [ 3 ] and in 1226 with ...
Daughter of Earth (1929) is an autobiographical novel by the American author and journalist Agnes Smedley.The novel chronicles the years of Marie Rogers's tumultuous childhood, struggles in relationships with men (both physical and emotional), time working with the Socialist Party, and involvement in the Indian independence movement.