num_pages: 392
description: This enchanting novel tells the story of the love affair between Rose-Marie Schmidt and Roger Anstruther. A determined young woman of twenty-five Rose-Marie is considered a spinster by the inhabitants of the small German town of Jena where she lives with her father the Professor. To their homes comes Roger an impoverished but well-born young Englishman who wishes to learn German: Rose-Marie and Roger fall in love. But the course of true love never did run smooth: distance temperament and fortune divide them. We watch the ebb and flow of love between two very different people and see the witty and wonderful Rose-Marie get exactly what she wants.
language: English
title: Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther
publisher: Virago