Thomas a Kempis

1 book on BookJumpr, mentioned 10 times in other books.

Books by Thomas a Kempis

• The Imitation of Christ: mentioned in 10 books

Quotes from Thomas a Kempis's books, and about them

• The Mill on the Floss on The Imitation of Christ: “but _Thomas à Kempis?_—the name had come across her in her reading, and she felt the satisfaction, which every one knows, of getting some ideas to attach to a name”
• Sentimental Education on The Imitation of Christ: “a copy of the _Revue des Deux Mondes_ which was lying on the table between an _Imitation_ and an _Almanach de Gotha_”
• Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes on The Imitation of Christ: “a crucifix, a bust of the late Pope, the Imitation in French, a book of religious meditations, and the Life of Elizabeth Seton”
• The Elm-Tree on the Mall on The Imitation of Christ: “a copy of the Imitation de Jésus-Christ, bound in purple and gold”
• Brave New World on The Imitation of Christ: “"Nor this." ... "The Imitation of Christ," pulled from Mustapha Mond's forbidden-books safe.”
• The Marriage Plot on The Imitation of Christ: “a cache that included The Imitation of Christ, The Confessions of St. Augustine”
• Hitch-22 on The Imitation of Christ: “It was the impossibility of following this directive that hit me first, even before the realization that the whole thing was borrowed from what Christians called "The Imitation of Christ."”
• Life of Pi on The Imitation of Christ: “"Last week he finished a book called The Imitation of Christ" "The Imitation of Christ!”
• Roderick Hudson on The Imitation of Christ: “I read the Imitation and the Life of Saint Catherine.”
• The Martyr on The Imitation of Christ: “One who has entered the way of goodness will sense a mysterious sweetness in the teaching. (Keichō translation of The Imitation of Christ, Imitatione Christi) [auto-translated]”

Authors who mention Thomas a Kempis

• Aldous Huxley (1): Brave New World mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Anatole France (1): The Elm-Tree on the Mall mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Christopher Hitchens (1): Hitch-22 mentions The Imitation of Christ
• George Eliot (1): The Mill on the Floss mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Gustave Flaubert (1): Sentimental Education mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Henry James (1): Roderick Hudson mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Jeffrey Eugenides (1): The Marriage Plot mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1): Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1): The Martyr mentions The Imitation of Christ
• Yann Martel (1): Life of Pi mentions The Imitation of Christ