Guy Thorne's The Hypocrite, A novel of Oxford and London Life (Ranger Gull)

by Guy Thorne, Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Wagoner Ranger Gull, Ranger Gull

Overview

Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1876 - 9 January 1923), a prolific English journalist and novelist best known for his novel When It Was Dark: The Story of A Great Conspiracy (1903). He also wrote under the name Ranger Gull. His first novel was The Hypocrite: A Novel of Oxford and London Life, published anonymously in 1898. After its publication, the Bishop of London preached about When It Was Dark at Westminster Abbey. Calling it "a remarkable work of fiction" he said it depicts how the world would be if the Resurrection were proved to be a gigantic fraud. ". . .you feel the darkness creeping round the world, you see . . . crime and violence increase in every part of the world. When you see how darkness settles down upon the human spirit, regarding the Christian record as a fable, then you quit with something like adequate thanksgiving, and thank God it is light because of the awful darkness when it was dark.
-Wikipedia.com

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015496987
Publisher:	Castaway Family Press
Publication date:	10/22/2012
Series:	Guy Thorne Collection , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	141 KB

About the Author

Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1876 - 9 January 1923), a prolific English journalist and novelist best known for his novel When It Was Dark: The Story of A Great Conspiracy (1903). He also wrote under the name Ranger Gull. His first novel was The Hypocrite: A Novel of Oxford and London Life, published anonymously in 1898. After its publication, the Bishop of London preached about When It Was Dark at Westminster Abbey. Calling it "a remarkable work of fiction" he said it depicts how the world would be if the Resurrection were proved to be a gigantic fraud. ". . .you feel the darkness creeping round the world, you see . . . crime and violence increase in every part of the world. When you see how darkness settles down upon the human spirit, regarding the Christian record as a fable, then you quit with something like adequate thanksgiving, and thank God it is light because of the awful darkness when it was dark.
-Wikipedia.com