tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416089578031996468.post5881361420931318302..comments2023-11-09T07:13:39.461+10:30Comments on Musings: The Rector's WifeWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11235980969755979085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416089578031996468.post-71758750183561816412011-10-30T20:20:08.210+10:302011-10-30T20:20:08.210+10:30Hi Meredith, it's taken me a bit of time to ge...Hi Meredith, it's taken me a bit of time to get to re-reading those bits! I think your second interpretation is more like mine. The reverence issues don't bother me too much, you can just imagine the parishioners calling Anna to complain! <br /><br />As I re-read it, I found the husband a little concerning potentially (but we are obviously suposed to with the way she has written it). I did like the way she wrote "he had plans for them (the congregation), evangelical plans, which he had been shrewd enough not to reveal in the interview" - very funny.<br /><br />But I think you are right, she is getting on with the task at hand, although perhaps a little too robustly and too confidently. She is obviously putting parishioners offside already, which is a concern.<br /><br />But that's probably all the analysis I can manage since she is only given a handful of pages!<br /><br />Does that help?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235980969755979085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416089578031996468.post-72110463895572193462011-10-11T22:35:56.823+10:302011-10-11T22:35:56.823+10:30Very interested to read your review. I have read ...Very interested to read your review. I have read this novel a few times over the years. I'm interested in my own reaction to the rector's wife who took over the rectory from Anna. The first time I read the book I was bit shocked at the new one - seeming to fail to observe (reverence, even) all that had taken place in that house prior to her arrival. Subsequent readings and I think the new one has it...converted and getting on with the task at hand without taking herself too seriously. How did you find her - on your first read but reading it as a well thought out minister's wife?Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797493488173742152noreply@blogger.com