The Parson O' Dumford

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A newly arrived vicar meets a hostile workman on the hillside above Dumford, a Lincolnshire town marked by its church and busy bell foundry. Instead of delivering the lecture his companion expects, the clergyman answers bluntness with composure and gradually draws him into conversation. Their exchange introduces a novel concerned with the difficult business of earning trust among proud, independent townspeople.

George Manville Fenn combines local dialect, social friction and a developing mystery. When Daisy Banks disappears, workmen gather to search, suspicion falls on Richard Glaire, and the vicar helps organise parties to examine the surrounding roads and countryside. He also insists that suspicion must be tested before anyone resorts to force.

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George Manville Fenn

George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist. Many of his novels were written with young readers in mind, among them "The Black Tor" and "Devon Boys". His last book was a biography of George Alfred Henty, another writer for the young.

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Author: George Manville Fenn
Reading time: About 9 hours
Pages: 395
Language: English
Genre: British Classics
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