Nor do I believe in its existence The Romance of His Life And Other RomancesA Collection of Short StoriesThis anthology was published in 1921 by Mary Cholmondeley She is better known for her novel Red Pottage There are eight unrelated shorts in this book I ll admit I didn t care for most of them The best part is actually the forward Cholmondeley tells us of the cottage she lives in and a memorable experience she had during a war Quite beautifully done I wish an entire novel had been written on those subjects It reminded me of Elizabeth Von Armin s Elizabeth and Her German Garden But unfortunately the short stories were not anywhere near as good as the opening pages If anything.

Excerpt from The Romance of His Life and Other Romances For aught I know to the contrary there may be other habitable dwellings in that beloved country of grey skies and tidal rivers and cool sea breezes There certainly are other houses in our own village some larger some smaller than mine where pleasant neighbours manage to eat and Sleep and to eke out their existence But of course though they try to hide it they must all be consumed with envy of me for a cottage to equal mine I have never yet come across download this title and just read those Three stars for the intro two stars for the shorts Kindle Edition Mary Cholmondeley was an English novelist. The daughter of the vicar at St Lukes Church in the village of Hodnet Market Drayton Shropshire England where she was born Cholmondeley spent much of the first thirty years of her life taking care of her sickly mother. Selected writings The Danvers Jewels 1886 Sir Charles Danvers 1889 Let Loose 1890 Diana Tempest 1893 Devotee An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly 1897 Red Pottage 1899 Prisoners 1906 The Lowest Rung 1908 Moth and Rust 1912 After All 1913 Notwithstanding 1913 Under One Roof 1917 Mary Cholmondeley was an English novelist. The daughter of the vicar at St Luke s Church in the village of Hodnet Market Drayton Shropshire England where she was born Cholmondeley spent much of the first thirty years of her life taking care of her sickly mother. Selected writings The Danvers Jewels 1886 Sir Charles Danvers 1889 Let Loose 1890 Diana Tempest 1893 Devotee An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly 1897 Red Pottage 1899 Prisoners 1906 The Lowest Rung 1908 Moth and Rust 1912 After All 1913 Notwithstanding 1913 Under One Roof 1917 site_link .