| Title | : | The Cathedral |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Hugh Walpole |
| Release | : | 1922-01-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books |
| Size | : | 370801 |
| A notable novel of power and interest, marking the close of an era ending with the Queen's jubilee in 1897. Its action covers less than a year. The central theme is the Polchester cathedral, splendid and massive, "become a god demanding his own rites and worshippers". Against the background of its magnificence and petty village life is fought the duel for supremacy between simple-minded, autocratic archdeacon Brandon, symbolizing the arrogance of the church, and Canon Ronder, used by destiny as a blind, impersonal force to break in pieces the old order to make way for the new. |
