Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-319) and index
Introduction : romantic Catholics and the two Frances -- First communion : the most beautiful day in the lives and deaths of little girls -- The education of Maurice de Guérin -- The dilemma of obedience : Charles de Montalembert, Catholic citizen -- Pauline Craven's holy family : writing the modern saint -- Frédéric and Amélie Ozanam : charity, marriage, and the Catholic social -- A free church in a free state : the Roman question -- Epilogue : the devout woman of the Third Republic and the eclipse of Catholic fraternity
