by Mary Cholmondeley · Dodo Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781406513653
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«Red Pottage» is the satirical novel by Mary Cholmondeley, published by Dodo Press in paperback (358 pages, in English).
The story interweaves two plots: Rachel, a wealthy woman trapped in an unhappy marriage, and Hester, a novelist living in the shadow of her clergyman brother. The work criticises the conventions and hypocrisy of the Victorian English middle class, and champions the economic and emotional independence of women.
Recommended for readers interested in Victorian literature and satirical novels of manners centred on female characters.
Mary Cholmondeley was an English novelist. Her bestseller Red Pottage satirised religious hypocrisy and the narrowness of country life. It was adapted as a silent film in 1918.
