The Third Miss Symons - Couverture souple

Mayor, F M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1409951359 ISBN 13 : 9781409951353

Editeur : Dodo Press, 2009

Synopsis

Flora MacDonald Mayor (1872 -1932) was an English novelist and short story writer who published under the name F. M. Mayor. Flora Mayor read history at Newnham College, Cambridge, before becoming an actress. She later turned to writing. In 1903 she became engaged to a young architect, Ernest Shepherd, who died in India of typhoid before Mayor was able to travel out to join him. She never married, and lived closely with her twin sister Alice MacDonald Mayor (1872-1961). Mayor's first book was a collection of stories, Mrs. Hammond's Children, published in 1902 under the pseudonym Mary Strafford. Her short novel, The Third Miss Symons, was published in 1913 with a preface by John Masefield. Her best known novel is The Rector's Daughter (1924). She also wrote ghost stories, which were much admired by M. R. James. Correspondence and some literary papers are held at Trinity College, Cambridge. Her other works include: The Squire's Daughter (1929) and The Room Opposite (1935).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Miss MAYORS story is of a delicate quality, not common here, though occurring at intervals, and always sure of a choice, if not very large, audience among those who like in art the refined movement and the gentle line. Her subject, like her method, is one not commonly chosen by women writers; it is simply the life of an unmarried idle woman of the last generation, a life (to some eyes) of wasted leisure and deep futility, but common enough, and getting from its permitted commonness a justification from life, who is wasteful but roughly just. Miss Mayor tells this story with singular skill, more by contrast than by drama, bringing her chief character into relief against her world, as it passes in swift procession.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dodo Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1409951359
• ISBN 13: 9781409951353
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 90
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible