Maclay School's Journal of Creative WritingOn our title: We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as a "profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-an...

Moth and Rust: Together with Geoffrey's Wife and The Pitfall by Mary Cholmondeley is a collection of early 20th-century stories exploring love, social class, and moral complexity. Through the experiences of Janet Black and others, the narratives reveal how beauty, ambition, and societal expectations shape relationships. Set against traditional English life, the tales examine class tensions, personal desire, and the subtle struggles of fitting into a world defined by wealth and judgment.

Moth and Rust: Together with Geoffrey's Wife and The Pitfall by Mary Cholmondeley is a collection of early 20th-century stories exploring love, social class, and moral complexity. Through the experiences of Janet Black and others, the narratives reveal how beauty, ambition, and societal expectations shape relationships. Set against traditional English life, the tales examine class tensions, personal desire, and the subtle struggles of fitting into a world defined by wealth and judgment.

The author gives a satirical view of village life, which is so present in the work of her famous predecessors. The moral here may well be that swearing to keep someone else’s secret safe is the best way to destroy your own future.

This edited collection explores the malleability and influence of body image, focusing particularly on how media representation and popular culture’s focus on the body exacerbates the crucial social influence these representations can have on audiences’ perceptions of themselves and others. Contributors investigate the cultural context and lived experiences of individuals’ relationships with their bodies, going beyond examination of the thin, ideal body type to explore the emerging represe...

A breakout bestseller in France and the U.K. and a transformative guide to growing older with confidence, courage, and even optimismHow should we accept aging? It’s inevitable, and yet in Western society the very subject of growing older is shrouded in anxiety and shame. Aging brings us face to face with our sacred and our mundane, our imperfections and our failures. Here internationally renowned clinical psychologist and bestselling French author Marie de Hennezel...

Novelist Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925) established her place in English letters at the turn of the last century with her wittily satiric novels of middle-class life. Easthope, an old Tudor mansion, has been kept in the self-respecting Trefusis family since the times of Henry the Seventh. Now the estate is receiving a visit from a young woman, Janet Black…

This volume brings together a novella and several short stories from Mary Cholmondeley, an English writer who worked in many genres, including detective fiction, romance, and stories of the supernatural. The title novella, Moth and Rust, follows the drama surrounding a well-to-do young man's selection of a bride. George Trefusis is ecstatic at the prospect of marriage with the beautiful Janet Black, but his mother disapproves of his fiancee.

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In "Moth and Rust; Together with Geoffrey's Wife and The Pitfall," Mary Cholmondeley presents a trio of compelling narratives that delve into the complexities of human relationships, morality, and societal expectations. Cholmondeley'Äôs literary style is characterized by its rich characterization and nuanced psychological insight, which reflects the late Victorian literary context in which she wrote. The collection intricately weaves together themes of desire, disillusionment, and the impa...