The Rector’s Wife
Anna has been everything a priest's wife should be. But when her husband, Peter, fails to gain promotion to Archdeacon, Anna rebels, and tastes independence for the first time since she left university.
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"The portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written" (The Sunday Times)
"I would have killed anyone who wrested this novel from my hands... it's compulsive reading" (The Times)
"This is Trollope's finest novel to date. Prepare to be wittily and wisely entertained by an exceptional writer" (Daily Mail)
"Like a Barbara Pym novel, though Joanna Trollope has a much stronger grasp than Pym on the tangled web of family life" (The Times)
"The portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written" (Sunday Telegraph)
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"I would have killed anyone who wrested this novel from my hands... it's compulsive reading" (The Times)
"This is Trollope's finest novel to date. Prepare to be wittily and wisely entertained by an exceptional writer" (Daily Mail)
"Like a Barbara Pym novel, though Joanna Trollope has a much stronger grasp than Pym on the tangled web of family life" (The Times)
"The portrayal of the petty frustrations of clerical life is spot on and the novel is elegantly written" (Sunday Telegraph)
A poignant story of lonliness, rebellion and love.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0001046942
- ISBN 13 9780001046948
- BindingAudio Cassette
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