The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux / With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse

A candid spiritual autobiography recounts childhood memories, family life, and the gradual call to religious life that culminates in entry to a cloistered Carmelite convent and the account of final illness and death. It interweaves personal narrative with letters, counsels, prayers and poems that articulate a practical spirituality centered on humble childlike trust, simplicity in small duties, and offering suffering as a means of union with God. The work highlights interior trials, moments of consolation, and the development of a concise devotional method—often called a little way—and concludes with reflections on intercession, devotion, and the shaping of a hidden, apostolic influence beyond the convent walls.