A popular cartoon of Austen's time exposes some of the problems of the church and clergy in Austen's England.
The Clerical Alphabet: Problems in Austen’s Church of England
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Nothing But a Country Curate: Charles Hayter in Persuasion
Why were curates in Austen's England poor and despised?
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 4: The Clergyman’s Life
Reading prayers and publishing the banns of marriage . . .
Sense and Sensibility and the Church, Part 2: Getting a Church Living
Edward Ferrars had "not the smallest chance" of getting a living; but he did!
Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen 