The Pastor's Wife Elizabeth von Arnim has that elusive quality, wit. Unlike humor or books written to amuse and entertain, wit must be appreciated through the lens of the reader's own experiences. You read a sentence or paragraph, nodding your head and chuckling because you get it. And you feel intelligent because of that, knowing that not everyone will. This whole book was that way, as was 'Elizabeth and her German Garden', the previous von Arnim book I read. Added to that, most of her books contain autobiographical elements, making you wish you could have known the author herself.br /br /br /This was the story of a young girl, who got herself engaged to a German pastor by mistake, but sees it as a chance to escape her domineering father. Our of the frying pan into the fire, as they say. That's the basic plot, but after 6 pregnancies in 7 years, and life in a provincial Prussian village married to a man who takes her for granted, she finds another avenue for escape. (Diane Barnes)br /br /br /About Elizabeth von Arnim:br /Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.br /br /br /Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical Elizabeth a Autor: Elizabeth von Arnim Wydawnictwo: IndoEuropeanPublishing Rok wydania: 2023 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 270 Wymiary: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9798889422280