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A Mummer's Wife

Author
George Moore
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
12 hours 50 minutes
ISBN
9781802565973
Published
5 May 2025
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • Victorian London
  • Theatrical World
  • Kate Ede
  • Traveling Actor
  • Struggles
  • Desires
  • Realities
  • Public Performance
  • Private Identity
  • Love

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"A Mummer's Wife" by George Moore is a stark portrayal of the theatrical world's underbelly in Victorian London. The novel follows Kate Ede, a young woman who marries a traveling actor, and delves into her struggles, desires, and the harsh realities of her life. Moore's narrative exposes the tension between public performance and private identity, exploring themes of love, infidelity, and societal expectations. With gritty realism, the novel offers a candid look at the sacrifices and compromises individuals make in pursuit of artistic and personal fulfillment in a society marked by hypocrisy and judgment.

Author

George Moore (1852–1933) was the Irish novelist who brought French naturalism into English fiction and never quite stopped arguing with Ireland about it. Trained among the painters and writers of Paris, he wrote of art, desire, and the stubborn facts of ordinary life — servants, theatres, and consciences under pressure. Esther Waters remains his most durable novel: a story of a working woman's endurance told without Victorian flinch.

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