Jane and Prudence [WorldCat Entities]

"Prudence pays Jane a visit in an English village where Jane's husband is the newly appointed vicar, and finds herself courted by a fatuous young widower. Prudence, at twenty-nine, has achieved nothing in life but a dull research job in London and a string of dud affairs; Jane, now in her forties, was Prudence's tutor at Oxford. Jane cheerfully concedes that she is an incompetent housewife, but she hopes that the move to a rural parish may transform her into a Trollopean vicar's wife, as well as a crafty matchmaker. There are many comic complications, as Jane learns that matchmaking has as many pitfalls as does housewifery."
"Minutieux et tendrement ironique, ce récit d'une amitié entre une femme de pasteur et son élève, une jeune célibataire en quête de mari, constitue une lecture très agréable."
"The story of the friendship between two women--one the less-than-perfect clergyman's wife, the other younger and unmarried."@en
"The story of the friendship between two women--one the less-than-perfect clergyman's wife, the other younger and unmarried."
"If Jane Cleveland & Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reunion, neither of them is aware of it. They couldn't be more different. With the move to a rural parish, Jane is determined to find her friend the perfect man."@en

Jane and Prudence