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Rose Macaulay

Rose Macaulay

EnglishAugust 1, 1881 – October 30, 1958Satirical Fiction

Macaulay was a distinguished novelist and travel writer whose work ranged from light satire to serious explorations of religious doubt and social change. Told by an Idiot and The Towers of Trebizond are her most enduring novels.

Works

  • Told by an IdiotComic novel spanning decades in the life of an unconventional English family and its misadventures→
  • The Towers of TrebizondNovel following pilgrims on an eccentric journey to visit the ruins of a Byzantine monastery→
  • PotterismSatirical novel about literary journalism and the manufactured nature of public opinion→
  • Crewe TrainNovel about a woman who rejects conventional society to pursue independence and personal freedom→
  • The World My WildernessNovel of postwar reconstruction exploring how a woman builds life among rubble and displacement→

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Virginia Woolf·Rebecca West·Compton Mackenzie
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