Cathedral
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115
1922
English
- Book 1 Prelude:Chapter 1 Brandons
- Bk 1 Prelude: Ch 2 Ronders
- Bk1 Prelude: Ch 3 One Of Joan's Days
- Bk 1 Prelude: Ch 4 The Impertinent Elephant
- Bk 1 Prelude: Ch 5 Mrs. Brandon Goes Out To Tea
- Bk 1 Prelude: Ch 6 Seatown Mist And Cathedral Dust
- Bk 1 Prelude: Ch 7 Ronder's Day
- Bk 1 Prelude: Ch 8 Son -- Father
- Book 2 The Whispering Gallery: Chapter 1 Five O'Clock -- The Green Cloud
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 2 Souls On Sunday
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 3 The May-Day Prologue
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 4 The Genial Heart
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 5 Falk By The River
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 6 Falk's Flight
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 7 Brandon Puts On His Armour
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 8 The Wind Flies Over The House
- Bk 2 The Whispering Gallery: Ch 9 The Quarrel
- Book 3 The Jubilee: Chapter 1 June 17, Thursday: Anticipation
- Bk 3 The Jubilee: Ch 2 Friday, June 18: Shadow Meets Shadow
- Bk 3 The Jubilee: Ch 3 Saturday, June 19: The Ball
- Bk 3 The Jubilee: Ch 4 Sunday, June 20: In The Bedroom
- Bk 3 The Jubilee: Ch 5 Tuesday, June 22: 1 The Cathedral
- Bk 3 The Jubilee: Ch 6 Tuesday, June 22: 2 The Fair
- Bk 3 The Jubilee: Ch 7 Tuesday, June 22: 3 Torchlight
- Book 4 The Last Stand: Chapter 1 In Ronder's House: Ronder, Wistons
- Bk 4 The Last Stand: Ch 2 Two In The House
- Bk 4 The Last Stand: Ch 3 Prelude To Battle
- Bk 4 The Last Stand: Ch 4 The Last Tournament
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884 – 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death.... One of Walpole's major novels of the early post-war period was The Cathedral, which unlike much of his fiction was not dashed off but worked on across four years, beginning in 1918. The story of an arrogant 19th-century archdeacon in conflict with other clergy and laity was certain to bring comparisons with Trollope's Barchester Towers (The Manchester Guardian 's review was headed "Polchester Towers"), but unlike the earlier work, The Cathedral is wholly uncomic.... The reviewer Ivor Brown commented that Walpole had earlier charmed many with his cheerful tales of Mayfair, but that in this novel he showed a greater side to his art: "This is a book with little happiness about it, but its stark strength is undeniable. The Cathedral is realism, profound in its philosophy and delicate in its thread." The Illustrated London News said, "No former novelist has seized quite so powerfully upon the cathedral fabric and made it a living character in the drama, an obsessing individuality at once benign and forbidding. ...The Cathedral is a great book." The Jubilee which plays an important part in the story is the national celebration in 1897 of Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. Summary by Wikipedia and david wales
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