author
Robert Keable
1887–1927
A former Anglican priest and missionary who turned his wartime experiences into bestselling, scandal-making fiction, he became one of the most talked-about novelists of the 1920s. His work mixed religion, love, and disillusionment in ways that shocked some readers and fascinated many others.
3 Audiobooks
Peradventure; or, The Silence of God
by Robert Keable
Simon Called Peter
by Robert Keable
About the author
Born in England in 1887, Robert Keable was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was ordained in the Church of England. He spent part of his early career as a missionary in southern Africa before serving as an army chaplain during the First World War.
After the war, he left the ministry and found sudden literary fame with Simon Called Peter in 1921. The novel, about a priest's wartime love affair, caused a public stir but also became a huge commercial success, making him a well-known and controversial voice of the decade.
Keable went on to write more fiction and travel widely, eventually settling for a time in Tahiti. He died there in 1927, leaving behind a life story almost as dramatic as his novels.