Mary Cholmondeley

Gebundenes Buch

Red Pottage

Beschreibung

Forbidden love. Scandalous betrayal. Can two friends survive the unforgiving grip of Victorian society? Two friends, one an independent woman in love with a married man and the other a writer struggling for creative freedom, face harsh societal judgments in Red Pottage. With sharp wit and emotional depth, Cholmondeley weaves a story of friendship tested by romance, ambition, and betrayal in an era marked by moral hypocrisy. This powerful novel critiques Victorian society while exploring the price of integrity and desire. Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925) was an English writer. Members of her family were involved in the literary world, notably her uncle Reginald Cholmondeley who was a friend of the American novelist, Mark Twain. Growing up, Mary Cholmondeley liked to tell stories to her siblings and turned to writing fiction as an escape from the monotony of her daily routine. Her diary showed that by the age of 18 she was already convinced she would never marry, lacking, she believed, the looks and the charms necessary to attract a suitable mate. Her first book was published under the title Her Evil Genius, and shortly thereafter, in 1886, her second work, The Danvers Jewels, earned her a small but respectable following.

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: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781434402530
• ISBN-10: 1434402533
• Artikelnr.: 24574025