John Ward, Preacher
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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Description
John Ward, Preacher is a novel by Margaret Deland, first copyrighted in 1888. Deland dedicates it to Lorin Deland, calling the book already more his than hers. A line from Omar Khayyam stands at the front: the soul that sought heaven and hell found both in itself. The story opens at Ashurst rectory, the evening before Helen Jeffrey's wedding day.
A wedding is rare excitement in Ashurst, which prides itself on being half asleep. Dr. Howe jokes that the last wedding came twelve years before. Against this quiet setting Deland sets her title figure, the new preacher whose presence stirs the parish. The opening calm is deliberate: a household in the garden, suppressed excitement, and a rector counting quiet years.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Margaret Wade Campbell Deland |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 668 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |