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 …
Reviews
[von Arnim] was keenly aware of the powerlessness of an intelligent woman in a male-dominated world
Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony
A particular kind of witty and well constructed fiction, a sort of sparkling Euclid, which nobody else can touch
Worldly, sharp, witty ... Try to write like that, and her gift will seem very enviable and elusive
