The parson
Oswald, an upright young army officer on leave in his native homeland, falls for Rejane, but she rejects any intimacy with him until she persuades him to take her to a sinister castle situated on a treacherous headland.
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- Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
- Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
- What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
- If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
- Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?