The Cathedral by Hugh Walpole audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in the cathedral town of Polchester during the summer of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Hugh Walpole's The Cathedral follows Archdeacon Adam Brandon, a commanding High Churchman whose confidence and authority seem as immovable as the great building he serves. Brandon has built his life around influence in the Close, public admiration, and an unshakable certainty that he alone understands what the cathedral and the town should be. But the Jubilee season brings visitors, scrutiny, and a rising tide of private resentments. Rival clergy and townspeople begin to test his control, and the ambitious Canon Ronder proves a particularly dangerous opponent, skilled at turning gossip, politics, and piety into weapons. At home, Brandon's rigidity strains the fragile bonds of his household, where his wife and children live in the long shadow of his vocation and pride. As pressures mount in parish meetings, drawing rooms, and echoing aisles, the cathedral itself becomes a living presence: inspiring, oppressive, and indifferent to human schemes. Walpole builds a tense portrait of power, faith, and vanity, asking what remains when a man who has always ruled must finally face the limits of his dominion.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:36:26) Chapter 02

(00:57:45) Chapter 03

(01:42:22) Chapter 04

(02:24:02) Chapter 05

(02:48:21) Chapter 06

(03:27:41) Chapter 07

(04:08:49) Chapter 08

(04:41:00) Chapter 09

(04:52:32) Chapter 10

(05:21:13) Chapter 11

(05:49:33) Chapter 12

(06:37:41) Chapter 13

(07:19:13) Chapter 14

(07:59:05) Chapter 15

(08:38:00) Chapter 16

(08:52:20) Chapter 17

(09:37:40) Chapter 18

(10:28:49) Chapter 19

(11:01:13) Chapter 20

(11:37:19) Chapter 21

(12:06:43) Chapter 22

(12:32:40) Chapter 23

(13:01:33) Chapter 24

(13:16:01) Chapter 25

(13:42:44) Chapter 26

(14:14:37) Chapter 27

(14:35:07) Chapter 28

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