A Mummer's Wife

Name: A Mummer's Wife
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: George Moore
ISBN: 9781802565973

Author: George Moore

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 12 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 05/08/2025

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

"A Mummer's Wife" by George Moore is a stark portrayal of the theatrical world's underbelly in Victorian London. The novel follows Kate Ede, a young woman who marries a traveling actor, and delves into her struggles, desires, and the harsh realities of her life. Moore's narrative exposes the tension between public performance and private identity, exploring themes of love, infidelity, and societal expectations. With gritty realism, the novel offers a candid look at the sacrifices and compromises individuals make in pursuit of artistic and personal fulfillment in a society marked by hypocrisy and judgment.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Issicratea on August 06, 2020

A Mummer’s Wife (1885) is a novel I’m pleased I read, even though I can’t say I wholly enjoyed the process of reading it. I found George Moore’s style rather turgid and his authorial editorializing a little heavy-handed. Whenever I risked being drawn into the novel—and there are some powerful moment......more

Goodreads review by Susan on May 25, 2014

Really REALLY GOOD! If you like Zola and L'Assommoir or any of the Naturalists, you've got to read this one.......more

Goodreads review by D on August 28, 2023

2.5 stars generously rounded up for the curiosity factor. And fair play to George Moore for attempting to write a 'naturalistic' novel inspired by Zola and Flaubert, showing how circumstances change one's psychology. But these characters are terrible. And by terrible I mean that Moore falls flat in......more