'The Clergyman's Wife' is an inspired debut novel set in Austens world. Charlotte Collins is the respectable wife of Hunsford's vicar. Anxious to escape the shame of spinsterhood, Charlotte chose this life, an inevitable one so socially acceptable that its quietness threatens to overwhelm her. But when she makes the acquaintance of Mr. Travis, Charlotte will begin to question the role of love and passion in a woman's life, and whether they truly matter for a clergyman's wife.
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