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Thomas Wingfold Curate V2

George MacDonald

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Thomas Wingfold Curate V2 is a novel written by George MacDonald. It is the second volume in a series that follows the life of Thomas Wingfold, a young curate in the Church of England. In this book, Wingfold continues to struggle with his faith and his role as a clergyman, while also dealing with personal relationships and the challenges of his ministry.The novel is set in a small town in England, where Wingfold is the curate of a local church. He is a thoughtful and introspective man, who is constantly questioning his beliefs and trying to find his place in the world. He is also deeply committed to his parishioners, and spends much of his time counseling and helping those in need.Throughout the book, Wingfold grapples with a number of difficult issues, including poverty, addiction, and social injustice. He also has to navigate his own personal relationships, including a complicated love triangle with two women who are both vying for his affection.As the story unfolds, Wingfold's faith is tested in a number of ways, and he must confront his own doubts and fears in order to find the strength to continue his ministry. Ultimately, the novel is a powerful exploration of faith, love, and the challenges of living a meaningful life in a complex and often difficult world.If he had never committed any crime, he had yet done wrong enough to understand the misery of shame and dishonour, and should he not find a loving human heart the heart of the world, would rejoice--with what rejoicing might then be possible--to accept George Bascombe's theory, and drop into the jaws of darkness and cease. How much more miserable then must those be who had committed some terrible crime, or dearly loved one who had!This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

GenresFiction

104 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

George MacDonald

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George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.

He was educated at Aberdeen University and after a short and stormy career as a minister at Arundel, where his unorthodox views led to his dismissal, he turned to fiction as a means of earning a living. He wrote over 50 books.

Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, MacDonald inspired many authors, such as G.K. Chesterton, W. H. Auden, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L'Engle. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."

Elizabeth Yates wrote of Sir Gibbie, "It moved me the way books did when, as a child, the great gates of literature began to open and first encounters with noble thoughts and utterances were unspeakably thrilling."

Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.

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