Mark Rutherford’s
Autobiography concludes on the sad note of the death of his two close friends, and on his settling into the life of a journalist in London, having abandoned his previous calling as a dissenting minister. His (fictional) editor, Reuben Shapcott, has managed to track down the sequel—mentioned as having been lost at the end of the
Autobiography—and this manuscript is now presented as Mark Rutherford’s “deliverance,” although a deliverance from what, and to what, remains unstated.
Rutherford has settled into a dreary London life,..." data-title="Книга Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance">