"A Fair Penitent" is a short story written by Wilkie Collins. The story is based on two manuscripts left by the French writer Charles Pineau Duclos, which Collins translated and adapted. The manuscripts were about the life of Mademoiselle Gautier, a French actress who later became a Carmelite nun and her account of her conversion from a sinner to a saint. The story reflects the social history of France in the 18th century and explores themes such as love, loss, and redemption.
