Description

Once said to be one of Delafields oddest books yet also said to be her most thoughtprovoking novel The story is largely dominated by Canon Morchard an utterly impossible clergyman whose children and lives are dominated by his wishes and manipulation The story is largely seen through Owens eyes a man who fought on the Western front for two years and returns to England to the home of his old tutor Canon whose life becomes based on illusions as his children protect him from anything that might upset him Owen learns his own life lessons after Canons death and reverses certain judgments he previously made