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A bit of context: I've been experimenting with some LLMs to find examples of fictional ministers of religion in novels I don't already know. Partly to complete my list, but also to see whether there's a little project around the language used to identify them as such.
Trouble is, the models […]
Trouble is, the models […]
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mastodon.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A bit of context: I've been experimenting with some LLMs to find examples of fictional ministers of religion in novels I don't already know. Partly to complete my list, but also to see whether there's a little project around the language used to identify them as such.
Trouble is, the models […]
Trouble is, the models […]
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I've had a lot of fun rereading this series, so here are a few of my favourites.
First up, Mr Prendergast, who had Doubts (Evelyn Waugh)
peterwebster.me/2017/05/27/e...
First up, Mr Prendergast, who had Doubts (Evelyn Waugh)
peterwebster.me/2017/05/27/e...
Evelyn Waugh’s modern churchman
Mr Prendergast, the hapless protagonist of Evely Waugh’s Decline and Fall (1928), is one of the more unusual clerical characters in this series. The majority of the men we have met so far are…
peterwebster.me
July 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I've had a lot of fun rereading this series, so here are a few of my favourites.
First up, Mr Prendergast, who had Doubts (Evelyn Waugh)
peterwebster.me/2017/05/27/e...
First up, Mr Prendergast, who had Doubts (Evelyn Waugh)
peterwebster.me/2017/05/27/e...