This well-preserved Book-of-the-Month Club hardcover is in pristine condition. The dust jacket is near fine, with brown cloth boards and red lettering on the spine. In This House of Brede (1969) by Rumer Godden is a powerful novel set in a Benedictine abbey for nuns in England. It follows Philippa Talbot, a successful businesswoman who leaves behind her career to pursue a spiritual calling. As she adjusts to monastic life, she confronts her past and undergoes deep personal transformation. Drawing on her close observations of real monastic communities, Godden offers a nuanced, empathetic portrait of religious life. Widely regarded as one of her finest works, the novel is a classic of mid-20th-century fiction.