Bøker av F. M. Mayor

The Third Miss Symons, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of Language and Literatures English literature

In 1935, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. published The Room Opposite: And Other Tales of Mystery and Imagination by F. M. Mayor, a collection of sixteen tales that had been left unpublished at the author's death. It was issued with a recommendation from no less eminent a critic of ghost stories than M. R. James, who wrote, 'The stories in this volume which introduce the supernatural commend themselves to me very strongly.' Secondhand copies of the first edition are incredibly hard to come by, and the book has never been republished... until now. This new edition contains all sixteen stories, along with a long article which originally appeared in The Queen newspaper in 1905 entitled 'Life in a Touring Company'. This edition also includes an introduction by Gina R. Collia: 'F. M. Mayor: Author, Actress & Champion of the Superfluous Woman'.

Henrietta Symons ist ein bezauberndes Kind in der Blütezeit des Viktorianismus mit einer ungewöhnlichen Sehnsucht nach Zuwendung und Vertrauen. Doch die eigenen Geschwister zeigen wenig Interesse an ihr und erweisen sich bald als schmerzliche Hürde auf dem Weg ins Erwachsenendasein. Als sie sich am Ziel ihrer gesellschaftlichen Träume glaubt, wird sie unvermutet Opfer eines leichtfertigen Spiels aus Koketterie und sozialem Kalkül, das ihrem Schicksal eine fatale Wendung gibt.F. M. Mayors DIE DRITTE MISS SYMONS schildert ohne überflüssiges Dekor, wie gnadenlos das 19. Jahrhundert mit Frauen umging, die das gesellschaftliche Ziel einer Ehe und Mutterschaft verfehlten und sich auf die schwere Suche nach dem Wert der eigenen Existenz machen mussten.