Robert Elsmere
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Word Count
159,000 words, Guess
Page Count
636 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL43664878M
- ISBN-139780803252103
- ISBN-100803252102
- OCLC Control Number363208
- Library of Congress Control Number67012116
Classifications
- LCCPZ3 .W215 Ro11
Description
"First published in 1888, Robert Elsmere was probably the biggest-selling novel of the nineteenth century. Inspired by the religious crises of her father, Ward tells the story of an Oxford clergyman who begins to doubt the doctrines of the Anglican church after he encounters the work of German rationalists. Rather than becoming an atheist, Elsmere pursues the idea of "constructive liberalism," stressing the importance of social work among the poor and uneducated. The Times called it "a clever attack upon revealed religion", and William Gladstone's copy was annotated with objections to Ward's heterodoxy. In the Victorian age, nothing was more likely to generate publicity than religious controversy, and Robert Elsmere became a runaway success."--Amazon.
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