CHASE OF THE WILD GOOSE
By Mary Gordon
This is the story of two women, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, known as " The Ladies of Llangollen," who lived in . the mid-eighteenth century. They lived in Ireland until they had created such a scandal by refusing to marry some rich titled gentleman who would uphold the family line, that they had to fly to Wales. They were both beautiful, talented, high spirited, cultivated. Men fell in love with them at once. They did not fall in love with men. They fell in love with each other. They finally eloped together from their separate homes and lived together in Wales for fifty years without parting from each other for one single day. Thus they overcame the insoluble problem of marriage and the insoluble problem of spinsterhood. And as their solution cannot' be applied universally :it ".makeS this record all the more arresting, idyllic,. and :poignant,,,:;. Here were two real artists in life long before there was any acknowledge- ment that living- is an art and not a question of principles. In this book (Hogarth Press, 10s.) Dr. Mary Gordon has told the story well. The last part of the book in which she airs her views on womanhood is an artistic error, but the
first part is a triumphant success. - -
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