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A review by gretchenlouise
The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
5.0
It’s one of those story lines that could be so very cliche and predictable. Except, Florence L. Barclay brings you right into the lives of these fictional characters so that you’re living the agony of love and art right along with them. Written in 1909, The Rosary is Christian fiction in the truest sense of the phrase: it is fiction written by someone who loves Jesus (Florence was, in fact, the sister of Salvation Army leader Maud Ballington Booth). Not a single transcribed sermon or ill-timed moral is to be found within its pages, but the imperfect lives of the characters could humbly illustrate many a sermon.
At first, one almost feels like you’ve landed in a P.G. Wodehouse novel with an eccentric aunt front stage. But then you meet her niece–slightly reminiscent of Wodehouse’s able-bodied Honoria Glossop–who is transformed as you listen to her sing “The Rosary”. The tale that follows is as beautiful as it is unforgettable.
At first, one almost feels like you’ve landed in a P.G. Wodehouse novel with an eccentric aunt front stage. But then you meet her niece–slightly reminiscent of Wodehouse’s able-bodied Honoria Glossop–who is transformed as you listen to her sing “The Rosary”. The tale that follows is as beautiful as it is unforgettable.