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Between the Covers-Rare Books
Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Frank Wentworth, Perpetual Curate of St Roque's, has basked in the popularity of Carlingford, beloved in the gracious homes of Grange Lane and the slums of Wharfside alike. But there are some among the sober-minded citizens who would see him as a 'dilettante Anglican, given over to floral ornaments and ecclesiastical upholstery' - a verdict shared by the new Rector who regards the presence of a young and energetic rival as an intolerable encumbrance. Imperceptibly, the tide starts turning against Frank Wentworth: his love for Lucy Wodehouse is threatened by his lack of prospects; his Evangelical aunts, in charge of a family living, disapprove of his high church ways, and rumours about a pretty shopgirl begin circulating. Slowly it dawns on Frank that he may well be doomed to a life of perpetual - and single - curacy.
- PID: 14717677573
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Date Published: 1865
- Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books
Condition: Very Good
Notes: First American edition. Originally published in 1864. Pebbled brown cloth with blind ruling, gilt-stamped spine title. Double column text. Light offsetting on preliminary page, faint stain on top corners of a few pages, extremities worn and frayed, a good only copy. Third novel in the *Chronicles of Carlingford* series. Scarce.