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Guy Stagg is currently writing a book about the role of retreat in the lives of various philosophers, writers and artists.

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Imperfect Priests

Guy Stagg on George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life

I’ve long been a fan of literary priests, like Septimus Harding, the unlucky precentor of Barchester Cathedral; or William Collins, the sycophantic suitor of Elizabeth Bennet; or Father Brown, the ama teur detective with a deep insight into the psychology of sin. Then there’s The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos, and the Gilead novels by Marilynne Robinson, and the whisky priest of Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory. Whether pious and pompous, or saintly and sombre, I’m pleased each time a member of the clergy appears in the novel I’m reading.

Studying to Be Quiet

Guy Stagg on Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time to Keep Silence

Midway through my twenties, I spent the best part of a year walking across Europe. Often I passed the night with monks, nuns or religious communities, arriving on their doorstep to ask for shelter. I was always grateful for the kindness they showed me, and curious about the quiet dedication of their lives, withdrawing from the world to devote themselves to prayer.

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