"And first of all in Shirley, I have to get past the endless prelude with the world's most boring curates"
From what I remember, it was VERY controversial that she mocked the Church like that. And it didn't help a lot of them were caricatures of her father's curates, either. But it's such a baffling opening for a modern reader! Especially after JE.
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Date: 2024-10-01 09:33 pm (UTC)From what I remember, it was VERY controversial that she mocked the Church like that. And it didn't help a lot of them were caricatures of her father's curates, either. But it's such a baffling opening for a modern reader! Especially after JE.