# The Rector and The Doctor’s Family — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Rector and The Doctor’s Family by Margaret Oliphant.

- [The Rector](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/the-rector.md): The chapter introduces the new rector, Mr. Proctor, who arrives in Carlingford with his mother. He struggles with his pastoral duties and feels inadequate, leading to a crisis of confidence. His interactions with the par
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/i.md): The arrival of the new Rector in Carlingford stirs excitement and speculation among the town's genteel society, which is deeply invested in Church matters. Under Mr. Wodehouse's apple-trees, Miss Wodehouse, Lucy Wodehous
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/ii.md): A month after his arrival, the Rector is settled in Carlingford with his elderly mother, Mrs. Proctor, who is lively, deaf, and intensely curious about the local parishioners. She teases him about Mr. Wodehouse and his d
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/iii.md): The Rector, Mr. Proctor, continues to struggle with his pastoral duties and social anxieties, particularly around the Miss Wodehouses. He is called to a deathbed, where he feels utterly inadequate, and later confides his
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/iv.md): The Rector, Morley Proctor, struggles with his parish duties and considers resigning, burdened by the fear of disappointing his mother and the community. His mother urges him to persevere, suggesting a curate or a wife l

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- [The Doctor's Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/the-doctor-s-family.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Another Life and a Changed World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Morning After](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rector_and_the_doctor_s_family_se/chapters/xviii.md)

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