Shy and impoverished curate Anselm Mulliner needs to snag an evensong sermon spot to attract his bishop's attention, get a shot at his own pulpit, and so earn the readies needed to impress his love, Myrtle Jellaby's stern guardian. He inherits a book of stamps that raises his hopes of gaining the necessaries but when philately gets him nowhere his devotion and ethics are put to the test.
—Thomas Hennigan