Thomas Wingfold, Curate
George MacDonald
99 chapters · 18 h 48 min · English
Read by John Schuurman, Chessie Joy, David Wales, TinaNygard2, Lynne T, Anna Roberts and others
Christian Fiction
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Republished in modern times as "The Curate's Awakening". A young man (Thomas Wingfold) "enters the church" through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he is thrown into an emotional, spiritual, and vocational crisis. Through his own doubts and through developing clarity gained from the counsel of a singular friend, he begins a slow journey toward faith, or - as he would put it - "a lovely hope." (Summary by John Schuurman & TriciaG)Note that there are two versions of chapter 67. Enjoy one or both of the renderings.
Chapters
1 01 - Helen Lingard 12 min 2 02 - Thomas Wingfold 11 min 3 03 - The Diners 12 min 4 04 - Their Talk 12 min 5 05 - A Staggering Question 12 min 6 06 - The Curate in the Churchyard 10 min 7 07 - The Cousins 13 min 8 08 - The Garden 10 min 9 09 - The Park 9 min 10 10 - The Dwarfs 13 min 11 11 - The Curate at Home 15 min 12 12 - An Incident 9 min 13 13 - A Report of Progress 6 min 14 14 - Jeremy Taylor 8 min 15 15 - The Park Gate 9 min 16 16 - The Attic 12 min 17 17 - Polwarth's Plan 15 min 18 18 - Joseph Polwarth 27 min 19 19 - The Conclusion of the Whole Matter 9 min 20 20 - A Strange Sermon 14 min 21 21 - A Thunderbolt 11 min 22 22 - Leopold 8 min 23 23 - The Refuge 14 min 24 24 - Helen with a Secret 7 min 25 25 - A Daylight Visit 11 min 26 26 - Leopold's Story 10 min 27 27 - Leopold's Story Concluded 15 min 28 28 - Sisterhood 8 min 29 29 - The Sick Chamber 13 min 30 30 - The Curate's Progress 13 min 31 31 - The Curate Makes a Discovery 15 min 32 32 - Hopes 8 min 33 33 - The Ride 15 min 34 34 - Rachel and Her Uncle 6 min 35 35 - A Dream 14 min 36 36 - Another Sermon 10 min 37 37 - Nursing 9 min 38 38 - Glaston and the Curate 9 min 39 39 - The Linen-Draper 17 min 40 40 - Rachel 15 min 41 41 - The Butterfly 5 min 42 42 - The Commonplace 11 min 43 43 - Home Again 6 min 44 44 - The Sheath 12 min 45 45 - Invitation 6 min 46 46 - A Sermon to Helen 14 min 47 47 - A Sermon to Himself 5 min 48 48 - Criticism 11 min 49 49 - A Vanishing Glimmer 8 min 50 50 - Let Us Pray! 7 min 51 51 - Two Letters 5 min 52 52 - Advice in the Dark 9 min 53 53 - Intercession 5 min 54 54 - Helen Alone 7 min 55 55 - A Haunted Soul 9 min 56 56 - Compelled Confidence 10 min 57 57 - Willing Confidence 6 min 58 58 - The Curate's Counsel 10 min 59 59 - Sleep 8 min 60 60 - Divine Service 12 min 61 61 - A Shop in Heaven 22 min 62 62 - Polwarth and Lingard 19 min 63 63 - The Strong Man 11 min 64 64 - George and Leopold 8 min 65 65 - Wingfold and Helen 14 min 66 66 - A Review 8 min 67 67 - A Sermon to Leopold 26 min 68 67alt - A Sermon to Leopold (alternate reading) 26 min 69 68 - After the Sermon 13 min 70 69 - Bascombe and the Magistrate 9 min 71 70 - The Confession 8 min 72 71 - The Mask 10 min 73 72 - Further Decision 7 min 74 73 - The Curate and the Doctor 12 min 75 74 - Helen and the Curate 12 min 76 75 - An Examination 5 min 77 76 - Immortality 12 min 78 77 - Passages from the Autobiography of the Wandering Jew 6 min 79 78 - The Wandering Jew 18 min 80 79 - The Wandering Jew 22 min 81 80 - Remarks 6 min 82 81 - Struggles 11 min 83 82 - The Lawn 15 min 84 83 - How Jesus Spoke to Women 14 min 85 84 - Deliverance 9 min 86 85 - The Meadow 17 min 87 86 - Rachel and Leopold 12 min 88 87 - The Blood-Hound 8 min 89 88 - The Blood-Hound Traversed 19 min 90 89 - The Bedside 19 min 91 90 - The Garden 5 min 92 91 - The Departure 10 min 93 92 - The Sunset 14 min 94 93 - An Honest Spy 8 min 95 94 - What Helen Heard 9 min 96 95 - What Helen Heard More 18 min 97 96 - The Curate's Resolve 17 min 98 97 - Helen Awake 10 min 99 98 - Thou Didst Not Leave 9 min
