in 1940. From exile he mocked the 'ridiculous' Vichy regime and became a strong supporter of the nationalist Free French Forces led by the conservative Charles De Gaulle. After France's Liberation, De Gaulle invited Bernanos to return to his homeland, offering him a post in the government. Bernanos did return but, disappointed to perceive no signs of spiritual renewal, he declined to play an active role in French political life. Works and English translations Sous le soleil de Satan 1926. The Star of Satan. London: The Bodley Head, 1927 [New York: Macmillan, 1940; H. Fertig, 1975]. Under the Sun of Satan. New York: Pantheon, 1949 [University of Nebraska Press, 2001]. Under the Sun of Satan. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2017. Les Ténèbres (diptyque): L'Imposture (1927) & La Joie (1928) Joy. New York: Pantheon Books, 1946 [London: The Bodley Head, 1948; Toronto: Thomas Nelson, 1948]. The Impostor. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Joy. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2020. Un crime 1935. The Crime. London: Hale, 1936 [New York: E.P. Dutton, 1936]. A Crime. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2021. Journal d'un curé de campagne 1936 (also issued serially 1935-36) The Diary of a Country Priest 1936 in Paris, France; London: The Bodley Head, 1937 [New York: Macmillan, 1948, 1962; Carroll & Graf, 1983, 2002]. Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette 1937 Mouchette. London: The Bodley Head, 1966 [New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966; New York Review Books, 2006]. Les grands cimetières sous la lune 1938 A Diary of My Times. New York: Macmillan, 1938 [London: The Bodley Head, 1945]. The Great Cemeteries under the Moon. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2018. Monsieur Ouine 1943 The Open Mind. London: The Bodley Head, 1945. Monsieur Ouine. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. Dialogues des carmélites 1949. The Fearless Heart. Toronto: Thomas Nelson, 1952 [London: The Bodley Head, 1952]. Un mauvais rêve (posthumously 1950) Night Is Darkest. London: The Bodley Head, 1953. A Bad Dream. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2020. Plea for Liberty. New York: Pantheon, 1944 [London: Dobson, 1946]. Sanctity Will Out. London and New York: Sheed & Ward, 1947. Tradition of Freedom. London: Dobson, 1950 [New York: Roy, 1951]. The Last Essays of Georges Bernanos. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1955 [Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1968]. Liberty: The Last Essays. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2019. Adaptations of selected works The Diary of a Country Priest: this was the first novel by Bernanos to be adapted as