The Making of a Soul

A young typist, Antonia Gibbs, arrives at the office of a new literary review and is exposed to contrasting influences from two editors. Assigned routine clerical work, she encounters unfamiliar intellectual material—notably essays on mysticism—and must reconcile a practical, concrete outlook with emerging spiritual and moral questions. The narrative traces her gradual education in language and editorial practice, the mentoring and friendships that shape her, and the inward transformations prompted by encounters with ideas about soul, duty, and selfhood.