[Gutenberg 7508] • A Mummer's Wife
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- Authors
- Moore, George
- Publisher
- Victorian Secrets
- Tags
- married people -- fiction , actors -- fiction , staffordshire (england) -- fiction , adultery -- fiction , classics
- ISBN
- 9781906469238
- Date
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.34 MB
- Lang
- en
A Mummer's Wife tells the story of Kate Ede, a bored Midlands housewife unhappily married to an asthmatic draper. When a handsome travelling actor comes to lodge with her family, she succumbs to temptation, with disastrous consequences. This scholarly edition includes a critical introduction, author biography, explanatory footnotes, and a wealth of contextual material.