The Poor Parson
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: significant wear evident throughout, particularly along the spine and joints. Binding: Original cloth or paper covered boards, with the spine severely worn and cracking, exposing the underlying spine strips. Rear cover detached.
In the sun-scorched heartland of rural Australia, The Poor Parson presents a richly drawn portrait of bush life through the comic misadventures of a clergyman cast hopelessly out of his element — a figure at once bumbling and endearing, whose spiritual duties collide spectacularly with the raw, unforgiving realities of colonial existence. Steele Rudd, the pen name of A.H. Davis, one of Australia's most beloved chroniclers of the battling classes, brings his signature warmth and wry humour to this tale, painting the parson's encounters with the land and its people as both farcical and deeply human. Rudd's prose is deceptively simple — plain-spoken and earthy — yet it carries the weight of genuine social observation, illustrating the struggles of ordinary Australians with an affection that never slides into sentimentality. Known for his iconic On Our Selection series, Rudd drew from the well of authentic bush experience to create characters who feel genuinely alive, flawed, and fiercely memorable. The Poor Parson stands as a testament to his gift for finding comedy and pathos in equal measure, leaving the reader to wonder just how long this hapless man of the cloth can survive the wild Australian frontier.
Author: Steele Rudd (A.H. Davis)
Format: Paperback
Published: 1911, R.A.W. Bookstall Co.
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: significant wear evident throughout, particularly along the spine and joints. Binding: Original cloth or paper covered boards, with the spine severely worn and cracking, exposing the underlying spine strips. Rear cover detached.
In the sun-scorched heartland of rural Australia, The Poor Parson presents a richly drawn portrait of bush life through the comic misadventures of a clergyman cast hopelessly out of his element — a figure at once bumbling and endearing, whose spiritual duties collide spectacularly with the raw, unforgiving realities of colonial existence. Steele Rudd, the pen name of A.H. Davis, one of Australia's most beloved chroniclers of the battling classes, brings his signature warmth and wry humour to this tale, painting the parson's encounters with the land and its people as both farcical and deeply human. Rudd's prose is deceptively simple — plain-spoken and earthy — yet it carries the weight of genuine social observation, illustrating the struggles of ordinary Australians with an affection that never slides into sentimentality. Known for his iconic On Our Selection series, Rudd drew from the well of authentic bush experience to create characters who feel genuinely alive, flawed, and fiercely memorable. The Poor Parson stands as a testament to his gift for finding comedy and pathos in equal measure, leaving the reader to wonder just how long this hapless man of the cloth can survive the wild Australian frontier.