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Red Pottage

Author
Mary Cholmondeley
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
10 hours 59 minutes
ISBN
9781836102526
Published
12 March 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Victorian fiction
  • Female friendship
  • Religious hypocrisy
  • Manuscript burning
  • Nervous illness
  • Suicide
  • Broken engagement
  • Psychological drama
  • Social constraints
  • Moral judgment

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Description

Heiress Rachel West loves weak-willed Hugh Scarlett while friend Hester Gresley suffers under her vicar brother Archibald, who burns her manuscript. Cholmondeley's sharp story of hypocrisy, women's art, and love under patriarchal control. Spoken as when friendship still asks what a woman may keep of her own work and heart.

Author

Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925) was English novelist of psychological depth. Born aristocratic, she explored Victorian women's constraints. Her breakthrough, "Red Pottage," depicted repression and greed. She portrayed claustrophobic domestic settings, blending mystery with realism. Unmarried, she channelled observation into fiction. Her work influenced feminist literature.

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