Mary Cholmondeley (8 June 1859 – 15 July 1925) was an English novelist. Her best-selling novel, Red Pottage, satirised religious hypocrisy and the narrowness of country life. Red Pottage caused a scandal when it was first published, in 1899, due to its themes of adultery, the emancipation of women and its satire of the clergy. The Novel follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband). Hester, a novelist, lives with her judgmental brother, the pompous vicar of the fictional village of Warpington. Hester’s brother disapproves of her writing and eventually burns the manuscript of a novel she has been writing. This leads Hester into a prolonged nervous illness…
Mary Cholmondeley
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Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9788822839589 ● Rozmiar pliku 0.3 MB ● Wydawca Mary Cholmondeley ● Opublikowany 2016 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 5121695 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM