Crewe Train by Rose Macaulay
After an unconventional upbringing in a remote mountain village, a blunt, self-sufficient young woman is transplanted to London by well-meaning relatives and confronted with the baffling demands of sociability, small talk, and cultural pretension. Courtship and marriage intensify the pressure to be “civilized,” but her refusal to play along turns into a comic battle of wills with the English middle classes. Witty and incisive, the story satirizes manners and conformity while charting her uneasy compromises and the cost of belonging.
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- Published
- 1926
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-260
- Original Language
- English
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