The Altar Steps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacKenzie, Compton.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born into a prominent family of stage actors, author Compton MacKenzie was remarkably prolific and tackled a broad range of subjects and genres over the course of his lengthy literary career. The novel The Altar Steps offers an in-depth account of the internal and external struggles facing a young man who wants to follow his father into the ministry, but who is ambivalent about the political intrigue and drama that are rife in the religious world.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Bishop''s Shadow; Chapter II - The Lima Street Mission; Chapter III - Religious Education; Chapter IV - Husband and Wife; Chapter V - Palm Sunday; Chapter VI - Nancepean; Chapter VII - Life at Nancepean; Chapter VIII - The Wreck; Chapter IX - Slowbridge; Chapter X - Whit-Sunday; Chapter XI - Meade Cantorum; Chapter XII - The Pomeroy Affair; Chapter XIII - Wych-On-The-Wold; Chapter XIV - St. Mark''s Day; Chapter XV - The Scholarship; Chapter XVI - Chatsea; Chapter XVII - The Drunken Priest; Chapter XVIII - Silchester College Mission

Chapter XIX - The Altar for the DeadChapter XX - Father Rowley; Chapter XXI - Points of View; Chapter XXII - Sister Esther Magdalene; Chapter XXIII - Malford Abbey; Chapter XXIV - The Order of St. George; Chapter XXV - Suscipe Me, Domine; Chapter XXVI - Addition; Chapter XXVII - Multiplication; Chapter XXVIII - Division; Chapter XXIX - Subtraction; Chapter XXX - The New Bishop of Silchester; Chapter XXXI - Silchester Theological College; Chapter XXXII - Ember Days

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77651-455-6

OCLC:

793996759