The Counterplot by Hope Mirrlees

"The Counterplot" by Hope Mirrlees is a novel published in 1924. Set in post-World War I England, it follows Teresa Lane, a twenty-eight-year-old woman who observes her own family life as material for artistic transformation. Teresa studies her relationships with her Spanish mother and younger sister, ultimately crafting a play that mirrors her family dynamics. Described by its publisher as "a study of the literary temperament," the novel explores the complex intersection between lived experience and artistic creation through Teresa's ambitious literary project. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Mirrlees, Hope, 1887-1978
Title The Counterplot
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Counterplot
Credits E-text prepared by Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor, University of Chicago, Shawna Milam, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Dramatists -- Fiction
Subject England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Subject Families -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 63935
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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