The Perpetual Curate

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Binding: Case Bound - Cloth
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In the quiet English town of Carlingford, a young Anglican clergyman holds an unusual position—perpetual curate of a chapel with no living to offer, no glebe, and no security. His faith in his calling is tested on every side: by a beloved uncle who would have him abandon his High Church sympathies for a comfortable evangelical living, by the rival claims of a brother whose rakish life brings scandal to the family name, and by the woman he loves, who will not bind herself to a future so uncertain. When a crisis erupts in his tiny parish—touching on questions of ritual, conscience, and clerical authority—he must decide what he truly believes and what he is willing to sacrifice for it. Around him, the townspeople of Carlingford pursue their own ambitions and heartaches, forming a richly observed tapestry of Victorian provincial life in which public reputation and private sorrow are always entangled.

Tender, shrewd, and quietly devastating, this is a novel about vocation and compromise, love and duty, and the cost of remaining true to oneself in a world that rewards accommodation.

Details

Publisher - Wildside Press LLC

Language - English

Case Bound - Cloth

Contributors

By author

Mrs. Oliphant


Published Date - 2026-04-09

ISBN - 9781667666594

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm

Page Count - 449

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Contributors

By author

Mrs. Oliphant


Published Date - 2026-04-09

ISBN - 9781667666587

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm

Page Count - 449

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