A Mummer's Wife

A Mummer's Wife is a novel by George Moore that was originally published in 1885. The story is set in the working-class district of London and follows the life of Kate Ede, a young woman who marries a traveling actor named Frank. Kate is quickly disillusioned with her marriage and the theatrical world, and she begins to have affairs with other men. The novel explores themes of love, marriage, class, and sexuality in Victorian England. Moore's writing style is naturalistic and he portrays the characters and their lives with a gritty realism. A Mummer's Wife was considered scandalous when it was first published due to its frank depiction of sex and infidelity, and it remains a classic of Victorian literature.It seemed to Kate that the play was never going to begin, so long had she been kept waiting. She did not consult Hender, but possessed her soul in patience till a thin young man came up from under the stage, pushing his glasses higher on his beak-like nose. He took his place on the high stool; he squared his shoulders; looked around; waved his stick. The sparkling marriage chorus, with the fanciful peasants and the still more fanciful bridegroom in silk, the bright appearance of Clairette at the window, and the sympathy awakened by her love for the devil-may-care revolutionary poet seduced Kate like a sensual dream; and in all she saw and felt there was a mingled sense of nearness and remoteness, an extraordinary concentration, and an absence of her own proper individuality.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.