''The Crime'' () is a 1935 novel by the French writer

Georges Bernanos Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos (; 20 February 1888 – 5 July 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defea ...

. It has also been published as ''A Crime''. The novel is a detective story that was written for commercial prospects.

Publication

The book was published by Plon in 1935. An English translation by Anne Green was published in 1936 under the title ''A Crime''. It was republished in 1946 with the title changed to ''The Crime''.

Reception

Kenneth D. Whitehead writes in the ''Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy'': "Although the book contains unmistakable Bernanosian themes and treatments, it is not one of the author's best or most characteristic novels." Marine de Tilly of ''

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'' reviewed the book in 2011: "Between detective novel and spiritual adventure, between the lyricism of the language and the discomfort caused by the investigation, Bernanos leads us to the end by the end of the nose."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crime 1935 French novels French-language novels Novels by Georges Bernanos Plon (publisher) books