Preface By Giancarlo RossiniA Clergyman's Daughter is a novel by George Orwell written in 1935. The narrative of the novel centres on the story of a young woman named Dorothy Hare, daughter of Reverend Charles, an Anglican pastor who heads the parish of St. Athelstan in Suffolk, Knype Hill. Between father and daughter there is an evident character distance: Dorothy is a girl who acts with commitment and seriousness, does not attract attention and her physical appearance is negligible, the Reverend Charles has instead a despotic character, he is a centraliser, he is proud and he finds himself fighting against the prejudices of the people starting with his parishioners.
The reverend is overburdened with debts and in order to meet his obligations, he adapts to carry out a multiplicity of jo
