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The Curate in Charge

Author
Margaret Oliphant
Language
English
Length
208 pages
ISBN
9781836103639
Published
30 March 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • clergy life
  • rural parish
  • family relationships
  • social expectations
  • domestic change
  • grief and loss
  • pastoral duties
  • personal growth
  • Victorian society
  • community dynamics

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The Curate in Charge by Margaret Oliphant follows Reverend Cecil St. John in the rural parish of Brentburn, where his quiet life is unsettled by family changes and new responsibilities. As his daughters return and tensions arise, the story explores family bonds, loss, and adaptation, revealing the challenges of duty, love, and personal growth within a close-knit community.

Author

Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897) was a Scottish novelist who wrote as if the rent depended on it — because it often did. Widowed young, she supported a large household with novels, biographies, reviews, and stories of the seen and unseen, becoming one of the Victorian age's most tireless professionals. Domestic realism, historical fiction, and ghostly tales all came from the same steady pen.

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