Mary Cholmondeley

Broschiertes Buch

A Devotee An Episode In The Life Of A Butterfly

Beschreibung

A quiet portrait of devotion, a sharp mirror held to society, and a delicate question at the heart of every Victorian life. A Devotee An Episode In The Life Of A Butterfly threads the intimate moral weather of late 19th¿century Britain through a brief, poised narrative. Its focus on personal duty, social expectation, and the fragile boundaries of love renders a world where conscience and custom often clash. The result is a compassionate, quietly fearless study of character and society, rendered in crisp prose that feels both of its era and startlingly contemporary in its clarity. This edition honours the book's literary and historical significance by restoring a text that once vanished from shelves for decades. It invites readers to trace influences from Victorian Britian to the broader currents of classic literature, including echoes of the paramour of gender roles and the girlhood and womanhood shaped in early women's studies. It speaks to both casual readers and classic¿literature collectors, offering a vivid entry into a pivotal British social novel and a quintessential Victorian fiction experience. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. A refined, essential addition to library collections and contemporary study, where devotion and morality meet social critique in a compact, resonant shape.

Autor

Mary Cholmondeley was born on June 8, 1859, and died on July 15, 1925. Her best-selling book Red Pottage parodied narrow-minded country living and religious hypocrisy. In 1918, a silent film version of it was created. Mary Cholmondeley was the third of Rev. Richard Hugh Cholmondeley's (1827 1910) eight children, and his wife Emily Beaumont's (1831 1893) children were born at Hodnet near Market Drayton in Shropshire. Her niece, Stella Benson, was a writer, and her great-uncle, Reginald Heber, was a bishop who wrote hymns. The American novelist Mark Twain was hosted by his uncle, Reginald Cholmondeley of Condover Hall, during his trips to England. Mary's family narrative, Under One Roof (1918), includes excerpts from her sister Hester's poems and diaries, which she composed and maintained before her death in 1892. Following short stays at Leaton, Shropshire, and Farnborough, Warwickshire, the family moved back to Hodnet in 1874 when her father succeeded his father as rector. Despite having asthma, she spent a large portion of the first thirty years of her life supporting her father in his parish work and her ailing mother in running the home. From a young age, she would tell stories to amuse her siblings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9789354847455
• ISBN-10: 9354847455
• Artikelnr.: 62346935