F. M. Mayor (1872–1932)
Autor(a) de The Rector's Daughter
About the Author
Obras por F. M. Mayor
Associated Works
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century, Volume 1 (1987) — Contribuidor — 77 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Mayor, Flora Macdonald
- Outros nomes
- Strafford, Mary
- Data de nascimento
- 1872-10-20
- Data de falecimento
- 1932-01-28
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Kingston Hill, Surrey, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Kingston Hill, Surrey, England, UK
Cambridge, England, UK - Educação
- Cambridge University (Newnham College)
- Ocupações
- actor
novelist
short story writer
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 541
- Popularidade
- #46,068
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 19
- ISBN
- 26
- Línguas
- 2
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
This novel is not exactly Jane Austen. Set in the mid 1920s, English society is reeling from the upheaval of the Great War (which is barely acknowledged except for the existence of a few fellows in Kathy's set known as "Captain [Nickname]." Women pack off to the Riviera in gangs to smoke and drink and dance and play cards and have affairs. Aging clergy are shocked, or choose to ignore the sea changes, or (like Mary's would-be lover) are seduced by it, even against their will. The novel is more about what these social changes wreak on men, women, parents, children, and their relationships. And these people can be complicated: the abominable Kathy truly loves her "top-hole" husband even as she stands up to him; upright and serious, he's actually more than a bit of a prig with a nasty streak; and even meek Mary comes to realize that with her sensitivity, she might well have ended up quite unhappy with him.
An engaging examination of mostly women, what they want - or used to want, what they settle for, how they are seen by others and by themselves - and how it can all change whether they like it or not.… (mais)