In 1929, Merton entered Oakham, a British preparatory school. Antonin, France in 1925 and lived there for a number of years. In fact, he is probably the most important and best-known character in the story other than the author. Merton's father, Owen Merton, has a much larger influence on the life in question. Merton's mother died in 1921 of stomach cancer. His parents were artists and endeavored to raise him without entanglements of wealth and possessions in order to live an independent, free, and expressive journey. Thomas Merton was born Januin Prades, Western France. The essence of Seven Storey is Merton's slow progress of philosophy and allegiance, in stages, from narcissism to communism to Catholicism to monasticism. It is the story of Thomas James Merton's life from his birth in 1915 until his vow-taking at a Trappist monastery in 1944. The Seven Storey Mountain is well-described by the book's subtitle: An autobiography of faith.
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