Parson Kelly by A.E.W. Mason (1899)
"Parson Kelly" is a novel by A.E.W. Mason, published in 1907. The story follows the life of Parson Kelly, a poor but proud and dignified man who has spent his entire life serving his community as a parson. Despite his humble origins, Parson Kelly is well-respected and loved by all who know him, and he is deeply saddened when he is accused of embezzlement and forced to resign from his position. As he struggles to clear his name and regain his reputation, Parson Kelly must confront the harsh realities of small-town life and the corrupting influence of power. Through his journey, Mason explores themes of justice, morality, and the human condition, and challenges readers to consider their own beliefs and values.
By A.E.W. Mason · First published 1899 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Romantic Fiction · 28 chapters · 130,426 words
First lines
"What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest. The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell. The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future. They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West. Both of these events happened upon the same day.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: A.E.W. Mason
- Date: 1899 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Romantic Fiction, Political Fiction
- Length: 130,426 words
- Structure: 28 chapters, 2,705 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Historical Fiction — The book is set in the 18th century and involves a mix of real and imaginary events and characters, characteristic of the Historical Fiction genre.
- Adventure — The plot revolves around the daring adventures of the main characters, Parson and O'Kelly, characteristic of the Adventure genre.
- Romantic Fiction — The book involves elements of romance, especially the relationship between Parson Kelly and his love interest.
- Political Fiction — The story involves political intrigue and power struggles in the times of Jacobite rebellion, characteristic of the Political Fiction genre.
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1746 · back · came · colonel · could · door · eyes · face · fiction · friend · george · great
Contents
- THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE
- MR. WOGAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN UNDESIRABLE ACQUAINTANCE IN ST. JAMES'S STREET
- MR. WOGAN INSTRUCTS THE IGNORANT PARSON IN THE WAYS OF WOMEN
- SHOWS THE EXTREME DANGER OF KNOWING LATIN
- A LITERARY DISCUSSION IN WHICH A CRITIC, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME, TURNS THE TABLES UPON AN AUTHOR
- MR. NICHOLAS WOGAN REMINDS THE PARSON OF A NIGHT AT THE MAZARIN PALACE
- LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU HAS A WORD TO SAY ABOUT SMILINDA
- MR. KELLY HAS AN ADVENTURE AT A MASQUERADE BALL
- WHEREIN THE CHIVALROUS MR. KELLY BEHAVES WITH DEPLORABLE FOLLY
- WHAT CAME OF MR. KELLY'S WINNINGS FROM THE SOUTH SEA
- THE PARSON DEPARTS FROM SMILINDA AND LEARNS A NUMBER OF UNPALATABLE TRUTHS
- THE PARSON MEETS SCROPE FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND WHAT CAME OF THE MEETING
- OF THE ROSE AND THE ROSE-GARDEN IN AVIGNON
- OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW
- AT THE DEANERY OF WESTMINSTER
- MR. WOGAN ACTS AS LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR AT LADY OXFORD'S ROUT
- LADY OXFORD'S 'COUP DE THEATRE.'
- WHEREIN A NEW FLY DISCOURSES ON THE INNOCENCE OF THE SPIDER'S WEB
- STROKE AND COUNTER-STROKE
- MR. SCROPE BATHES BY MOONLIGHT AND IN HIS PERUKE
- IN WHICH MR. KELLY SURPRISES SMILINDA
- AN ECLOGUE WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE PASTORAL SIMPLICITY OF CORYDON AND STREPHON
- HOW THE MESSENGERS CAPTURED THE WRONG GENTLEMAN; AND OF WHAT LETTERS THE COLONEL BURNED
- MR. WOGAN WEARS LADY OXFORD'S LIVERY, BUT DOES NOT REMAIN IN HER SERVICE
- HOW THE MINIATURE OF LADY OXFORD CAME BY A MISCHANCE
- MR. WOGAN TRADUCES HIS FRIEND, WITH THE HAPPIEST CONSEQUENCES
- HOW, BY KEEPING PAROLE, MR. KELLY BROKE PRISON
- MR. WOGAN AGAIN INVADES ENGLAND, MEETS THE ELECT LADY, AND BEARS WITNESS TO HER PERFECTIONS