R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on + 1438 more book reviews
I find writing of this era sometimes difficult to read. In Vicar, the key character was a weak, religious individual who wished to do good and help his parishioners. However, he doesn't strike me as being very bright as perhaps the author intended. When he runs afoul of a parishioner who disgraces his daughter we begin to see more personality development. The vicar loves his family unconditionally and tries to shelter them from the evil of the world. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. We read the details about the parishioner and the vicar. The conflicts escalate until the vicar and his son land in jail. What happens next is a bit sappy and inappropriate in my view but the story was interesting for its capsule of life during the era.
