F. M. Mayor (1872–1932)
Auteur de The Rector's Daughter
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Œuvres de F. M. Mayor
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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century, Volume 1 (1987) — Contributeur — 77 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Mayor, Flora Macdonald
- Autres noms
- Strafford, Mary
- Date de naissance
- 1872-10-20
- Date de décès
- 1932-01-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Kingston Hill, Surrey, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Kingston Hill, Surrey, England, UK
Cambridge, England, UK - Études
- Cambridge University (Newnham College)
- Professions
- actor
novelist
short story writer - Courte biographie
- Full name: Flora Macdonald Mayor
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- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 540
- Popularité
- #46,139
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 19
- ISBN
- 26
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 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.… (plus d'informations)