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Robert Elsmere

Robert Elsmere

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Number of Chapters: 51

Length: 28 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventual marriage to Catherine Leyburn. After a period as a country vicar, Robert’s meetings with the local squire, an intellectual atheist, lead to his having a crisis of faith. The pair move to London where Robert works with the poor and uneducated. The lives of the people closely associated with the pair are also covered.

The book is set against the late Victorian world and its reactions to Darwinism, Unitarianism and the rise of secularism and modernism. At the time, it was a runaway best seller and its attack on orthodox Christianity was fiercely debated by all, including Gladstone. - Summary by Simon Evers

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Book 1, Chapter 6 (Simon Evers)
Book 1, Chapter 7 (Simon Evers)
Book 1, Chapter 8 (Simon Evers)
Book 1, Chapter 9 (Simon Evers)
Book 1, Chapter 10 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 11 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 12 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 13 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 14 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 15 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 16 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 17 (Simon Evers)
Book 2, Chapter 18 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 19 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 20 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 21 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 22 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 23 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 24 (Simon Evers)
Book 3, Chapter 25 (Simon Evers)
Book 4, Chapter 26 (Simon Evers)
Book 4, Chapter 27 (Simon Evers)
Book 4, Chapter 28 (Simon Evers)
Book 4, Chapter 29 (Simon Evers)
Book 4, Chapter 30 (Simon Evers)
Book 5, Chapter 31 (Simon Evers)
Book 5, Chapter 32 (Simon Evers)
Book 5, Chapter 33 (Simon Evers)
Book 5, Chapter 34 (Simon Evers)
Book 5, Chapter 35 (Simon Evers)
Book 5, Chapter 36 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 37 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 38 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 39 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 40 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 41 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 42 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 43 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 44 (Simon Evers)
Book 6, Chapter 45 (Simon Evers)
Book 7, Chapter 46 (Simon Evers)
Book 7, Chapter 47 (Simon Evers)
Book 7, Chapter 48 (Simon Evers)
Book 7, Chapter 49 (Simon Evers)
Book 7, Chapter 50 (Simon Evers)
Book 7, Chapter 51 (Simon Evers)
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