Jane and Prudence
Barbara Pym
222 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1559212268
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Language: English
Publish: September 1, 1999
20th CenturyBritish LiteratureClassicsFemale AuthorsFictionHistorical FictionHumorLiterary FictionNovelsWomens
If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reunion, neither of them are aware of it. They couldn’t be more different: Jane is a rather incompetent vicar’s wife, who always looks as if she is about to feed the chickens, while Prudence, a pristine hothouse flower, has the most unsuitable affairs. With the move to a rural parish, Jane is determined to find her friend the perfect man. She learns that matchmaking has as many pitfalls as housewifery…