Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 76 Macaulay, Rose 1881 1958 Macaulay, Emilie Rose, Dame Macaulay, R. (Rose) Macaulay, Dame Rose Potterism: A Tragi-Farcical Tract Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Potterism: A Tragi-Farcical Tract" by Rose Macaulay is a satirical novel written during the early 20th century. The book follows the lives of twins Johnny and Jane Potter as they navigate post-Oxford life amidst the conflicting influences of their parents, particularly their mother, Leila Yorke, a novelist, and their father, a newspaper press owner. The siblings harbor ambitions for literary careers, yet they are determined to critique and distance themselves from what they perceive as the mediocrity epitomized by "Potterism," a term used to denote their family's legacy in literature and journalism. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the Potters, who have just completed their university education. The twins' backgrounds reveal their mixed feelings toward their parents' work; they grapple with notions of duty, ambition, and societal expectations. Their mother expresses a desire to write an Oxford novel, which the twins spontaneously reject, showcasing the generational differences in their creative pursuits. As the twins return home and discuss their futures, the themes of ambition, family dynamics, and societal critique are woven throughout, setting the stage for exploration of the concept of Potterism as they react to the broader social changes of their time. Jane, in particular, is depicted with a strong desire to forge her own identity, pushing against the constraints of her upbringing and the expected roles of women in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Journalists -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 444857 444737 2024-10-05T08:25:28.244737 2023-10-05T08:26:20.351654 text/html text/html 444850 444730 2024-10-05T08:25:28.529740 2023-10-05T08:26:20.543653 text/html text/html 243229 2024-10-05T08:25:37.157699 application/epub+zip 248355 2024-10-05T08:25:31.741715 application/epub+zip 238901 2024-10-05T08:25:30.462731 application/epub+zip 420820 2024-10-05T08:25:41.594665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388320 2024-10-05T08:25:36.365728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348330 2022-09-05T11:57:54.983578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401573 401504 2024-10-05T08:25:27.828755 2023-10-05T08:26:20.052629 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 402886 2004-02-19T17:30:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 155585 2004-02-19T17:30:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 402877 2004-02-19T17:30:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 155557 2004-02-19T17:30:24 text/plain application/zip 21813 2024-10-05T08:25:41.952664 application/rdf+xml 11526 2024-10-05T08:25:31.011737 image/jpeg 2837 2024-10-05T08:25:30.735722 image/jpeg 238675 2024-10-05T08:25:28.568749 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia