The Short Day Dying

The Short Day Dying

by PeterHobbs (Author)

Synopsis

Charles Wenmouth is a young blacksmith and Methodist lay preacher in the furthest, widest reaches of south-west England. It is 1870 and preachers such as Wenmouth devote their Sundays to walking great distances across country to preach morning and evening to ever dwindling congregations. Wenmouth himself burns with faith, but it is a faith that is balanced by the pleasures he takes in nature and the world around him. His only distraction is a local blind girl, Harriet French, whom he is drawn to by the faith she maintains despite her debilitating condition. Over the course of one long Sabbath, after preaching morning through evening, Wenmouth returns to his village and devastating news. Will he finally begin to face the doubt that has threatened to consume him for many years past?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 17 Mar 2005

ISBN 10: 057121715X
ISBN 13: 9780571217151

Author Bio
Peter Hobbs grew up in Cornwall and Yorkshire, and lives in London. The Short Day Dying is his first novel. A collection of stories will be published by Faber in 2006.