The Pastor’s Wife
On sale
2nd February 2006
Price: £13.99
Ingeborg Bullivant, the put-upon daughter of the Bishop of Redchester, suddenly becomes possessed by the demon Rebellion and takes a week’s tour to Lucerne. Constantly in the company of a ponderous German pastor, she is put into a quandary when he proposes marriage. Faced with her father’s wrath on her return, however, Ingeborg accepts her Herr Dremmel with simple relief.
But the role of a pastor’s wife in East Prussia is not as Ingeborg had imagined, for she has merely exchanged one set of rules for another …
But the role of a pastor’s wife in East Prussia is not as Ingeborg had imagined, for she has merely exchanged one set of rules for another …
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Reviews
Worldly, sharp, witty ... Try to write like that, and her gift will seem very enviable and elusive
A particular kind of witty and well constructed fiction, a sort of sparkling Euclid, which nobody else can touch
Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony
[von Arnim] was keenly aware of the powerlessness of an intelligent woman in a male-dominated world
