Fourth Mansions

Fourth Mansions

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image_caption = Cover of first edition (paperback)
author = R. A. Lafferty
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction, supernatural fiction, or dramatic fantasy
publisher = Ace Books
release_date = 1969
media_type = Print (Paperback & Hardback)
pages = 252 pp
isbn = NA

"Fourth Mansions" is a novel by American author R. A. Lafferty, first published in 1969. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1970.

Plot introduction

"Fourth Mansions" was inspired by Teresa of Ávila's "Interior Castle", and contains quotations from the book, which quotations Lafferty uses as chapter headings. The Interior Castle is a metaphor for an individual's soul (hence the word 'interior'); its different rooms, different states of the soul. In the middle of the Castle the soul is in the purest state, which equals Heaven. Lafferty uses more complex symbols to bring colorfully into life his many-sided tale of an individual's reaching towards Heaven or Truth.

Release details

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year=1969
publisher=Ace Publishing Corporation
location=New York
language=English
id=OCLC: 857772
pages=252
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year=1972
publisher=D. Dobson (part of Dobson science fiction series)
location=London
language=English
id=ISBN 0-234-77653-6; OCLC: 5950330
pages=252
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first=R. A.
title=Fourth Mansions
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year=1977
publisher=W.H. Allen (a star book)
location=London
language=English
id=ISBN 0-352-39615-6; OCLC: 11140931
pages=252
* cite book
last=Lafferty
first=R. A.
title=Fourth Mansions
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year=1988
publisher=Bart Books
location=New York
language=English
id=ISBN 1-55785-048-8; OCLC: 20384448
pages=252
* cite book
last=Lafferty
first=R. A.
title=Fourth Mansions
origyear=1969
format=softcover
edition=Wildside edition
year=1999
publisher=Wildside Press (Wildside science fiction series)
location=Berkeley Heights, New Jersey; or Gillette, NJ
language=English
id=ISBN 1-880448-96-3
pages=252


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