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The title of the novel is an allusion to the doxology which is often used to end the Lord’s Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, (and) the power, and the glory, now and forever (or forever and ever), amen."
In the United States of America, the book was published with the title “The Labyrinthine Ways” in the year 2005.
It was selected by Time Magazine as one of the best one hundred novels in English language written since 1023.
“The Power and the Glory” was a highly successful piece of writing and it was very well received by the readers, critics, and reviewers.
Quick Guide: The Power and the Glory
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: History and Background
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Plot Summary
Chapter Five: Review and Reception
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Chapter One: Introduction
The Power and the Glory
by English author Graham Greene was first published in the year 1940.
The title of the novel is an allusion to the doxology which is often used to end the Lord’s Prayer: For thine is the kingdom, (and) the power, and the glory, now and forever (or forever and ever), amen.
In the United States of America, the book was published with the title The Labyrinthine Ways
in the year 2005.
It was selected by Time Magazine as one of the best one hundred novels in English language written since 1923.
"The Power and the
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