The Perpetual Curate

by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 10 · 7,344 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Clergy — Fiction · England — Social life and customs — 19th century — Fiction

Words worth knowing: suavity · dumbly · argumentative · unsuspicious · condole · ungenerous · trumpery · interlocutor

THE PERPETUAL CURATE MRS OLIPHANT _ALLA PADRONA MIA; ED A TE, SORELLA CARISSIMA!

Carlingford is, as is well known, essentially a quiet place.

There is no trade in the town, properly so called.

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