Robert Keable

Robert Keable
Robert Keable (1887–1927) was a British novelist and clergyman best known for his controversial works that challenged societal norms of his time. He gained widespread attention with his novel "Simon Called Peter" (1921), which explored themes of war, faith, and sexuality, and became a bestseller, though it was criticized for its frank treatment of religion and morality. Keable, originally a missionary priest, left the church after World War I and moved to Tahiti, where he continued his literary career. His other notable works include "Recompense" (1924), which further explored the complexities of human relationships and personal freedom.

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PÈRE ETIENNE came aboard at Dares-Salaam and did not at once make friends. It was our own fault, however. He neither obtruded nor effaced himself, but rather went quietly on his own way with that recollection which the clerical system of the Catholic Church encourages. We few first-class passengers had already settled down into the usual regularities of shipboard life, from the morning constitutional... more...

CHAPTER I London lay as if washed with water-colour that Sunday morning, light blue sky and pale dancing sunlight wooing the begrimed stones of Westminster like a young girl with an old lover. The empty streets, clean-swept, were bathed in the light, and appeared to be transformed from the streets of week-day life. Yet the half of Londoners lay late abed, perhaps because six mornings a week of reality... more...