The major work by Maria Valtorta, published in ten volumes, is The Gospel as revealed to me.Remaining seated in bed, Maria Valtorta wrote in ordinary notebooks in her own hand, uninterruptedly, without preparing outlines or making corrections. Sheoften alternated the drafting of the episodes in her major work with texts on other topics which would eventually constitute her so-called "minor" works, which have been published in five volumes, in addition to the Autobiography. These include the following titles.- Three volumes of The Notebooks, dealing with varied themes, and corresponding to 1943, 1944, and 1945-1950, respectively. They contain ascetical, biblical, doctrinal, and autobiographical commentaries, in addition to descriptionsof Gospel scenes and of the martyrdom of the early Christians.