The Clergyman's Wife : : a Pride & Prejudice Novel

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Greeley, Molly
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Charlotte Collins, née Lucas, is the respectable wife of Hunsford's vicar, and sees to her duties by rote: keeping house, caring for their adorable daughter, visiting parishioners, and patiently tolerating the lectures of her awkward husband and his condescending patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Intelligent, pragmatic, and anxious to escape the shame of spinsterhood, Charlotte chose this life, an inevitable one so socially acceptable that its quietness threatens to overwhelm her. Then she makes the acquaintance of Mr. Travis, a local farmer and tenant of Lady Catherine. In Mr. Travis' company, Charlotte feels appreciated, heard, and seen. For the first time in her life, Charlotte begins to understand emotional intimacy and its effect on the heart--and how breakable that heart can be. With her sensible nature confronted, and her own future about to take a turn, Charlotte must now question the role of love and passion in a woman's life, and whether they truly matter for a clergyman's wife.
Contents: Pride and prejudice.

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Good submitted by DL on August 10, 2020, 12:41am Molly Greeley writes of Charlotte Collins story in great detail. It was a great read and fun to have more of a great character from Pride and Prejudice.

Compelling (review contains spoiler alerts!) submitted by kkjammers on February 9, 2021, 3:45pm Greeley's characterizations are in keeping with Austen's, though the text (thankfully!) wasn't nearly as dense. Developing Charlotte Lucas more fully was believably done. The story is carried out past the conclusion of Pride and Prejudice and left me realizing once again the astonishing injustice of the entail system, which allowed only male offspring or relatives to inherit. Readers learn Charlotte's inner thoughts as she carries out her duties as a vicar's wife in her new home near Rosings Park. When Charlotte meets a young farmer, Mr. Travis, who is enlisted to care for plantings of rose bushes on the parsonage, her feelings surprise her; Mr. Travis returns those inclinations. Many times it appears that her affection for Mr. Travis could cause Charlotte to burst her stays. I inwardly cheered for her to follow her heart and leave her ridiculous husband, Mr. Collins, but was disappointed that she remained within the confines of her safe marriage. I equate the somewhat predictable but letdown of a conclusion in this novel to the devastation I felt after watching Andrew Davies' PBS version of Sanditon. In my experience, all of Austen's heroines eventually lived in love and prosperity. Not so in this book.