by Mary Cholmondeley · EDITORIAL PERIFERICA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493623210
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«La polilla y la herrumbre» is the novel by Mary Cholmondeley, published by Editorial Periférica in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Published in 1912, the novel deals with truth and the responsibility of telling it, with money and stupidity in the background. It follows two couples in love, a pleasure-seeking brother and unscrupulous mothers, with Jane Austen-style dialogue, nods to Henry James, Shakespearean entanglements, irony and social satire.
Original title: Moth and Rust. First Spanish translation, signed by Ricardo García Pérez. Part of the Biblioteca portátil collection (volume 20).
For readers of classic English fiction who appreciate irony, agile dialogue and social criticism.
Mary Cholmondeley was an English novelist. Her bestseller Red Pottage satirised religious hypocrisy and the narrowness of country life. It was adapted as a silent film in 1918.
