Notas del episodio
This chapter brings an uneasy meeting with Parson Chowne, whose reputation already casts a long shadow. What begins as a polite visit soon reveals tension beneath the surface — courtesy masking calculation, and hospitality edged with menace. Blackmore’s writing here is rich in atmosphere, blending Devon’s rural calm with the disquiet that follows when power and morality collide.
Encounters like this one reflect Blackmore’s fascination with the moral authority of the clergy and the misuse of influence in small communities. In creating Parson Chowne, he drew from local tales of domineering country parsons who ruled their parishes through fear as much as faith — a theme that resonates far beyond its Victorian setting.
In this chapter, Blackmore uses the term “naked people” in a way that ...