Peter WebsterJul 29, 2025
Some work still to do, but here's a new way into my series of posts on clergy in modern English fiction. There are some new ones coming up, but suggestions of others I've missed are very welcome. peterwebster.me/the-clergy-i...

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The clergy in fiction
Show threadPeter WebsterJul 31, 2025
I've had a lot of fun rereading this series, so here are a few of my favourites. First up, Mr Prendergast, who had Doubts (Evelyn Waugh) peterwebster.me/2017/05/27/e...

Evelyn Waugh’s modern churchma...
Evelyn Waugh’s modern churchman

Mr Prendergast, the hapless protagonist of Evely Waugh’s Decline and Fall (1928), is one of the more unusual clerical characters in this series. The majority of the men we have met so far are…

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Peter WebsterAug 2, 2025
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One novelist who wrote with particular interest in the clergy was A.S. Byatt. I've written about some of them in this set of three posts, and still haven't finished. peterwebster.me/tag/a-s-byatt/

A. S. Byatt – Webstory
A. S. Byatt – Webstory

On religious aspects of the novels of A.S. Byatt, and in particular her clergy.

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