![]() The two women meet when Jen leases the cottage attached to the vicarage and suddenly Alice feels that her position is under threat. “ What a mercy it was that Alice was only his sister, and not his wife for so at least, though he had to listen to her during the day, he hadn’t got to during the night.” ![]() ![]() James was the vicar in a country village and Alice was sovereign over their home, keeping a tight rein over anything to do with her brother and thus keeping her position secure. Jen’s father dominated her and Alice had absolute control over her younger brother, James’ life. With a small inheritance from her mother she plans to live frugally and pursue her own interests.įather by Elizabeth Von Arnim was published in 1931 at a time when there was a shortage of eligible men and many women who remained single were left dependent upon their relatives.įather explores the difficulties this presented in the lives of two very different women, Jen and Alice, whose circumstances brought them into contact with each other. While her father and his new wife are on their honeymoon, she leases a cottage in the country and moves in. Jen seizes the opportunity to leave home and live a life of her own. Twelve years later, after a life of dutiful drudgery to her aloof and unapproachable parent, her father announces his marriage to a woman more than ten years younger than his daughter. Jennifer Dodge made a promise to her dying mother that she wouldn’t leave home but would stay and take care of her father. ![]()
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