# The Perpetual Curate — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Perpetual Curate by Margaret Oliphant.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the work to a beloved mistress and a dear sister, acknowledging them as gentle comforters in desolation.
- [The Perpetual Curate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/the-perpetual-curate.md): Frank Wentworth, the perpetual curate of St. Roque's, navigates the complexities of his clerical duties and personal relationships in Carlingford, particularly his growing attachment to Lucy Wodehouse amidst family tensi
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/i.md): The new Rector of Carlingford, Mr. Morgan, and his wife discuss the challenges of their new parish, particularly the interference of the young Perpetual Curate of St. Roque's, Mr. Wentworth, who conducts services at Whar
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/ii.md): Mr. Wentworth walks home through a rain shower, brooding over his diminished influence in Carlingford after the arrival of the new Rector, Mr. Morgan. He reflects on his precarious position: his hopes for the family livi
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/iii.md): During Passion Week and Easter, Frank Wentworth is preoccupied with church duties and his feelings for Lucy Wodehouse, while his aunts—Cecilia, Leonora, and Dora—arrive unexpectedly at the Blue Boar, threatening his hope

> 46 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_perpetual_curate_se_1319kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Mr. Wentworth's Easter Sermon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Empty Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [Mr. Wentworth's Day of Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [Chapter XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xlv.md)
- [Mr. Wentworth's Evening and Jack's Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xlvi.md)
- [Chapter XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xlvii.md)
- [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/xlviii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perpetual_curate_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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