In this text, the narrator says he is captivated by stage plays which provide "fuel" for his own fire of miseries.
In this text, the narrator says he is captivated by stage plays which provide "fuel" for his own fire of miseries. At one point in it, two men who have jobs sometimes translated as "secret service agents" resign to live in a cottage. In part nine of this text, the author describes being overjoyed to end his professorship of teaching rhetoric, after which he has an ecstatic experience in Ostia. The author of this text recalls robbing a pear tree with his friends and is ashamed to have thrown most of the food to the hogs. While in a garden, its narrator hears a voice saying "take up and read", prompting him to read Romans 13. The author of this text recalls the death of his mother, Monica, and describes how he converted from Manichaeism to Christianity. For 10 points, name this autobiographical text by Saint Augustine.
In this text, the narrator says he is captivated by stage plays which provide "fuel" for his own fire of miseries.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine [or Confessions in Thirteen Books]