Cholmondeley, Mary

8 June 1859 - 15 July 1925

(English pronunciation of the last name, which is also the name of a village in the West Midlands of England, a bit south of Liverpool, is "Chumley.")

English writer, mentee of Rhoda Broughton (and aunt of novelist Stella Benson), now best known as the author of Red Pottage, a novel of social critique (filmed in 1918). This novel is one of the more well-known expressions of the New Woman movement in England in the 1880s and 1890s — a social and cultural movement urging greater female autonomy that is disparaged by Bram Stoker in Dracula. 		  Mary Cholmondeley


Sites:
Biographical note
[Wikipedia]
Brief biographical note
Includes links to some etexts. [Literary Heritage - West Midlands]
Brief biographical note
[U Adelaide Library]
Brief biographical note
Includes brief discussion of Red Pottage and some materials related to Cholmondeley's professional efforts. [Women in the Literary Marketplace 1800-1900, Cornell U Library]


Etexts:
"Let Loose" [1890] [ a litgothic etext ] (39K)
A masterful example of the "descent into the crypt" tale; a personal favorite here at LitGothic.
"Mary Cholmondeley."