Of the Cloth
Title: Of the Cloth
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 961 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Of the Cloth
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 961 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Deborah Anne Richardson
September 04, 1999
Writing 206
An Analysis of
“Of the Cloth”
William Trevor, “Of the Cloth,” New York, New York, The New Yorker, March 09,
1999.
“Of the Cloth” is a contemporary work of short fiction set in the remote Irish community
of Ennismolach County during the early summer of the year, nineteen hundred and ninety seven.
The greater part of the story takes place in a small, stone rectory nestled among the green valleys
and pasturelands
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have been so
inappropriate within the context of the story. The author chose to confine his exposition to the
events surrounding a single week in the life of one man. He chose not to litter his composition
with petty subplots or savvy dialogue but to sincerely express the essence of a common man.
I truly enjoyed William Trevor’s “Of the Cloth” and look forward to reading further works
by this adept and talented author.

