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    The Curate's Brother: A Jane Austen Variation of Persuasion

    By Wendy Van Camp

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    The Curate’s Brother is a short story about the relationship between the two Wentworth brothers as seen through the eyes of EDWARD WENTWORTH. It follows their romantic antics over one summer in 1806. This short story could be seen as a prequel to Jane Austen’s famous novel “Persuasion”. 

    Edward Wentworth lives a quiet, structured life as a curate in the regency era village of Monkford. He spends his days ministering to the sick and downhearted, which he considers his life’s calling. His comfortable life is shaken when his elder brother, COMMANDER FREDERICK WENTWORTH arrives on his doorstep for a visit. Frederick has returned to England after seeing action and commanding his first vessel, a prize ship won in the West Indies. He is awaiting orders and has the hope of commanding a ship of his own by the end of summer. His only goal is to pass the time with the only family he has left in England until his next assignment. 

    At first Edward is glad to see his brother. They have not spent time with each other for years due to his brother’s naval service. They are opposites in many ways. Frederick is bold and likes to take risks. Edward is shy and over-aware of social implications. When his brother flirts with SALLY MARSHALL, an outgoing beauty that Edward is used to viewing as “a child”, the young curate becomes aware that his viewpoint of Sally is sorely outdated. His peaceful life is full of turmoil as he observes Sally flirting with men at public assemblies and realizes that he does not like it. 

    Meanwhile, Frederick finds himself a celebrity in Monkford. Word from the London papers paint him as “the Hero of San Domingo”, where he won a commendation for his quick thinking in action. The men want to hear the story of his exploits, but Frederick would rather dance with the ladies. The Commander takes an interest in shy wallflower, ANNE ELLIOT. He pays no heed to Edward’s warnings that the girl is the daughter of a baronet and well above his station. Edward fears that no good will come of a union between his brother and the girl due to her family connections. 

    At the end of summer, a letter and a package arrive that will change everything for the two brothers. Which way will prevail, the bold action of the commander or the quiet manners of the curate? 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWendy Van Camp
    Release dateJun 15, 2015
    ISBN9781513099538
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    Wendy Van Camp

    Wendy Van Camp has always had an interest in poetry but did not consider herself to be a poet.  One day, she happened on a scifaiku writing workshop at a local science fiction convention and was the sole student of the workshop.  There, she wrote her first science fiction themed haiku and the first poem she had written since high school.  The poem sold immediately.  She wrote more.  Over the years her free verse and scifaiku poems published in magazines such as "Quantum Visions", "Altered Reality Magazine", "Scifaikuest", "Lit Up", and "Far Horizons".  As she began to attend open-mic readings for her poems and teach how to write scifaiku in workshops of her own, Wendy has come to realize that she is indeed now a poet...in spite of herself. Wendy lives in Southern California with her husband.  She enjoys attending science fiction conventions, gemology, urban sketching, and travel. She has won Honorable Mention at the Writer's of the Future Contest and is a graduate of the James Gunn Speculative Fiction Workshop. 

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