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I just finished the last page of this book and I’m so sad that the story has come to an end. Elizabeth Goudge is fast becoming my new favorite author. She has a great descriptive style. The same appreciation I have for George MacDonald and how he weaves a true loving relationship with God contrasted against a cold religious relationship is growing as deep for Goudge’s fiction. I love MacDonald’s Scottish Countryside settings and I love Goudge’s English countryside settings.
This story is built around the Dean of a Cathedral in an English City. Goudge develops the stories behind several characters within the city whose lives are touched and changed by the growing love of the Dean for his city and for them. I highly recommend this book to you. It can be hard to come by these books but start by checking your local library. I found this one at my library.
I published a quote from this book that you can read here.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
I have never heard of this one, I’ll look for it.
I haven’t read any of Elizabeth Goudge’s writing. I will have to add this one to my reading list.
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Angela
Another author to look for. 🙂
This is a new name to me, too! Goody!
Definitely on the hunt…thanks for the recommendation!
Hey, I finished my first Lord Wimsey novel this week and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Ooh, sounds like a good one! I’m enjoying reading everyone’s reviews. I need more good books to read!
I am going to have to check this out. Thanks for sharing!
I will keep my eye out for this one at my local library. Thanks for the review.
Oh, I love Elizabeth Goudge!! I’m also currently reading A City of Bells by her. I’ve read The Dean’s Watch and have been to Ely Cathedral where this is set. She’s such a wonderful writer.
I haven’t heard of this author either, thanks for the heads up! 😀
This is a new name for me. I’ll definitely have to check her out! Thanks for stopping by, too.
I read THE DEAN’S WATCH about ten years ago after receiving it as a gift from two friends in England. I throughly enjoyed the book! Now, my husband and I are both retired and we are reading this book as a Read Aloud in our spare time. It is such a joy to read together and E. Goudge’s book has increased our joy of sharing a book. What a wonderful novel.
I am a great fan of Elizabeth Goudge, especially her Cathedral novels and “Linnets and Valerians”. These are wonderful comfort books, even for an atheist like me, because her characters are such warm and loving people; and her descriptions of the English countryside are so beautiful and moving.