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The Curate's Wife (Virago Modern Classics)
The Curate's Wife - Virago Modern Classics Author:E. H. Young "Life would be a much simpler matter with her will, her thoughts and her footsteps following Cecil's, but how very dull this docility would be, how bad for both of them!" — Dahlia Rendall has moved not many yards from her family home, Beulah Mount in Upper Radstowe. While her sister Jenny sojourns in the English countryside, t... more »he lovely unconventional Dahlia launches forth on what appears to be the most conventional of marraiges--to a curate, the Rev. Cecil Sproat. As Cecil struggles with his sermons, Dahlia battles with domesticity, her naturally irreverent wit, and her weakness for handsome young men. And Dahlia's vision of marital perfection is at odds with Cecil's. But she has intelligence, determination, and a sense of humour--all useful weapons in that age-old battle of the sexes called marriage.
First published in 1934, this sequel to JENNY WREN is a delightful essay on the nature of love and marriage, "a wise, subtle and gentle book"--E.M. Delafield« less