George MacDonald

Thomas Wingfold, Curate

First published
1876
Length
163,000 words, about 12 hours' reading

Begin reading

A young curate is brought to ask whether he believes anything he preaches.

Contents

  1. Volume I
    1. Chapter I. Helen Lingard
    2. Chapter II. Thomas Wingfold
    3. Chapter III. The Diners
    4. Chapter IV. Their Talk
    5. Chapter V. A Staggering Question
    6. Chapter VI. The Curate in the Churchyard
    7. Chapter VII. The Cousins
    8. Chapter VIII. The Garden
    9. Chapter IX. The Park
    10. Chapter X. The Dwarfs
    11. Chapter XI. The Curate at Home
    12. Chapter XII. An Incident
    13. Chapter XIII. A Report of Progress
    14. Chapter XIV. Jeremy Taylor
    15. Chapter XV. The Park Gate
    16. Chapter XVI. The Attic
    17. Chapter XVII. Polwarth’s Plan
    18. Chapter XVIII. Joseph Polwarth
    19. Chapter XIX. The Conclusion of the Whole Matter
    20. Chapter XX. A Strange Sermon
    21. Chapter XXI. A Thunderbolt
    22. Chapter XXII. Leopold
    23. Chapter XXIII. The Refuge
    24. Chapter XXIV. Helen with a Secret
    25. Chapter XXV. A Daylight Visit
    26. Chapter XXVI. Leopold’s Story
    27. Chapter XXVII. Leopold’s Story Concluded
    28. Chapter XXVIII. Sisterhood
    29. Chapter XXIX. The Sick-Chamber
    30. Chapter XXX. The Curate’s Progress
    31. Chapter XXXI. The Curate Makes a Discovery
    32. Chapter XXXII. Hopes
    33. Chapter XXXIII. The Ride
  2. Volume II
    1. Chapter I. Rachel and her Uncle
    2. Chapter II. A Dream
    3. Chapter III. Another Sermon
    4. Chapter IV. Nursing
    5. Chapter V. Glaston and the Curate
    6. Chapter VI. The Linen-Draper
    7. Chapter VII. Rachel
    8. Chapter VIII. The Butterfly
    9. Chapter IX. The Common-Place
    10. Chapter X. Home Again
    11. Chapter XI. The Sheath
    12. Chapter XII. Invitation
    13. Chapter XIII. A Sermon to Helen
    14. Chapter XIV. A Sermon to Himself
    15. Chapter XV. Criticism
    16. Chapter XVI. A Vanishing Glimmer
    17. Chapter XVII. Let Us Pray!
    18. Chapter XVIII. Two Letters
    19. Chapter XIX. Advice in the Dark
    20. Chapter XX. Intercession
    21. Chapter XXI. Helen Alone
    22. Chapter XXII. A Haunted Soul
    23. Chapter XXIII. Compelled Confidence
    24. Chapter XXIV. Willing Confidence
    25. Chapter XXV. The Curate’s Counsel
    26. Chapter XXVI. Sleep
    27. Chapter XXVII. Divine Service
    28. Chapter XXVIII. A Shop in Heaven
    29. Chapter XXIX. Polwarth and Lingard
    30. Chapter XXX. The Strong Man
    31. Chapter XXXI. George and Leopold
    32. Chapter XXXII. Wingfold and Helen
    33. Chapter XXXIII. A Review
    34. Chapter XXXIV. A Sermon to Leopold
  3. Volume III
    1. Chapter I. After the Sermon
    2. Chapter II. Bascombe and the Magistrate
    3. Chapter III. The Confession
    4. Chapter IV. The Mask
    5. Chapter V. Further Decision
    6. Chapter VI. The Curate and the Doctor
    7. Chapter VII. Helen and the Curate
    8. Chapter VIII. An Examination
    9. Chapter IX. Immortality
    10. Chapter X. Passages from the Autobiography of the Wandering Jew
    11. Chapter XI. The Wandering Jew
    12. Chapter XII. The Wandering Jew
    13. Chapter XIII. Remarks
    14. Chapter XIV. Struggles
    15. Chapter XV. The Lawn
    16. Chapter XVI. How Jesus Spoke to Women
    17. Chapter XVII. Deliverance
    18. Chapter XVIII. The Meadow
    19. Chapter XIX. Rachel and Leopold
    20. Chapter XX. The Blood-Hound
    21. Chapter XXI. The Blood-Hound Traversed
    22. Chapter XXII. The Bedside
    23. Chapter XXIII. The Garden
    24. Chapter XXIV. The Departure
    25. Chapter XXV. The Sunset
    26. Chapter XXVI. An Honest Spy
    27. Chapter XXVII. What Helen Heard
    28. Chapter XXVIII. What Helen Heard More
    29. Chapter XXIX. The Curate’s Resolve
    30. Chapter XXX. Helen Awake
    31. Chapter XXXI. Thou Didst Not Leave

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