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Cover of New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899

New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899

Edited by Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton

  • Published: 1 May 2011
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781851966431
  • Set ISBN: 9781851966431

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Mary Cholmondeley, Red Pottage (1899)


This introduction necessarily refers to details of the plot of the novel and first-time readers may therefore prefer to read it afterwards.

After Mary Cholmondeley’s death in 1925, her friend and first biographer Percy Lubbock recalled with glee a story of her hosting a meeting of literary ladies, all of whom had trooped in with compliments on Red Pottage. Responding with a standard ‘Thanks, thanks, I’m so glad you liked it’, Cholmondeley was suddenly confronted by an irate woman crying ‘But I didn’t like it at all. I thought it an abominable book!’ By the spring of 1900 she had received a number of abusive letters, as well as many congratulations.

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction By Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton
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    Red Pottage By Mary Cholmondeley
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      Chapter I
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      Chapter II
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      Chapter III
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      Chapter IV
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      Chapter V
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      Chapter VI
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      Chapter VII
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      Chapter VIII
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      Chapter IX
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      Chapter X
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      Chapter XI
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      Chapter XII
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      Chapter XIII
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      Chapter XIV
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      Chapter XV
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      Chapter XVI
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      Chapter XVII
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      Chapter XVIII
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      Chapter XIX
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      Chapter XX
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      Chapter XXI
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      Chapter XXII
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      Chapter XXIII
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      Chapter XXIV
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      Chapter XXV
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      Chapter XXVI
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      Chapter XXVII
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      Chapter XXVIII
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      Chapter XXIX
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      Chapter XXX
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      Chapter XXXI
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      Chapter XXXII
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      Chapter XXXIII
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      Chapter XXXIV
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      Chapter XXXV
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      Chapter XXXVI
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      Chapter XXXVII
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      Chapter XXXVIII
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      Chapter XXXIX
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      Chapter XL
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      Chapter XLI
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      Chapter XLII
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      Chapter XLIII
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      Chapter XLIV
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      Chapter XLV
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      Chapter XLVI
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      Chapter XLVII
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      Chapter XLVIII
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      Chapter XLIX
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      Chapter L
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      Chapter LI
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      Chapter LII
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      Chapter LIII
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      Conclusion
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      Postscript
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    Back Matter