Project Gutenberg 2023-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 80 Hubback, Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) 1818 1877 Hubback, Catherine-Anne Austen Hubback, Mrs. J. Hubback, Catherine Anne Austen The old vicarage : $b A novel $aUnited States :$bW. P. Fetridge & Co., $c1856. Carol Brown, Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor, Boston Public Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Old Vicarage" by Mrs. Hubback is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the Duncan family, particularly focusing on Hilary Duncan, her stepmother Mrs. Duncan, and their life in a rural Vicarage following the death of Mrs. Duncan. Themes of faith, family responsibilities, and the challenges of transitioning from youth to adulthood are central to the narrative. The opening of the novel presents a poignant scene set on a summer's evening, contrasting the beauty of nature with the underlying tensions of impending loss. Hilary and her stepmother engage in a heartfelt conversation about duty, love, and the responsibilities that will fall to Hilary after her mother’s death. As they speak, it becomes clear that Mrs. Duncan has serious health concerns and is imparting her last wishes to Hilary, establishing a tone of foreboding and emotional depth. The scene underscores Hilary's character as caring but inexperienced, foreshadowing the emotional journey she will undertake as she navigates the aftermath of her mother's death and the complex dynamics of her family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/oldvicaragenovel00hubb/page/n3/mode/2up 20200729111538hubback 1856 US Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 921644 2025-07-28T06:03:42.459853 text/html 928881 2023-05-10T08:44:30 text/html 601787 2025-07-28T06:03:52.224858 application/epub+zip 602627 2025-07-28T06:03:43.701883 application/epub+zip 475240 2025-07-28T06:03:43.069875 application/epub+zip 728385 2025-07-28T06:03:58.941763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 697555 2025-07-28T06:03:51.762797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 881400 2025-07-28T06:03:41.455896 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 881239 2023-05-10T08:44:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17969 2025-07-28T06:03:59.134824 application/rdf+xml 6715 2025-07-28T06:03:43.279839 image/jpeg 1291 2025-07-28T06:03:43.194840 image/jpeg 328601 2023-05-10T08:44:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 570650 2023-05-10T08:44:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 595449 2025-07-28T06:03:42.538921 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia