[COMPLETE] : Peccavi by E.W. Hornung -ans

clifford · Post by **clifford** » December 3rd, 2018, 5:08 pm

Chaps. xxi and xxii are up.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » December 3rd, 2018, 8:17 pm

21-22 PL OK!

clifford · Post by **clifford** » December 15th, 2018, 5:35 pm

chaps. xxiii and xxiv are now up.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » December 16th, 2018, 2:34 pm

23-24 PL OK.

clifford · Post by **clifford** » December 22nd, 2018, 5:08 pm

25 and 16 are up, both fairly short.

I must say that though I realize we are around 1880 here, and thus in the midst of High Victorianism at its highest, it seems a bit much for a girl to be ashamed of herself as "unmaidenly" because she asks the local vicar for the source of a poem he quoted.

Merry Christmas and I believe it is time in Australia to go to the beach. But not up here in the northern hemisphere, I'm afraid.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » December 22nd, 2018, 7:51 pm

25-26 PL OK.

clifford · Post by **clifford** » December 31st, 2018, 10:04 am

chaps. 27 and 28 are now up.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » December 31st, 2018, 4:10 pm

27-28 PL OK.

clifford · Post by **clifford** » January 9th, 2019, 6:01 pm

Chapter 29 is up.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » January 9th, 2019, 7:52 pm

29 PL OK.

clifford · Post by **clifford** » January 11th, 2019, 5:58 pm

chaps. 30 and 31 are now up. I'm also going to get to work on the descriptive note, having had a very interesting reply from a colleague who's a historian of Britain, about how the Church of England handled difficult cases like this.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » January 11th, 2019, 8:33 pm

30-31 PL OK.

clifford · Post by **clifford** » January 12th, 2019, 5:32 pm

The last two chapters -- 32-33 are now up and I'll rework the description tomorrow.

Nick

Post by **craigdav1** » January 13th, 2019, 8:33 am

32-33 PL OK. Finished!

clifford · Post by **clifford** » January 13th, 2019, 1:37 pm

I've added my new description. Originally I'd thought that Carlton's Roman (or papistical, as used to be said) leanings would get him trouble, but though that might be the subject of a Trollopian ecclesiastical comedy in Barsetshire, things are more serious here.

On the whole I'm afraid I found the book a disappointment, though I very much enjoyed the very different Witching Hill. Peccavi is too long, and Gwynneth comes across (to me anyway) simply as a kind of Victorian male idealization of a young woman devoting her life to Higher Causes.

Many, many thanks for all your help once again.

Nick