On her return from a holiday in Italy, RM
received a letter from her former confessor, Father Hamilton Johnson
, which in due course brought her back to the Anglican
Church.
Emery, Jane. Rose Macaulay: A Writer’s Life. John Murray.
298, 301
Babington Smith, Constance. Rose Macaulay. Collins.
193
Friends, Associates
Rose Macaulay
Hamilton Johnson
had been RM
's interim confessor at St Edward's House, Westminster, from 1912 to 1916. After one of their interviews he joined the Cowley Fathers
community in Boston. The two maintained a...
Literary Setting
Rose Macaulay
The narrator, Laurie, is an alienated, sceptical, modern young woman, whose gender is, however, left largely inexplicit. She is recovering from the ending of a twelve-year adulterous relationship about which she still feels guilty, yearning...
Textual Production
Rose Macaulay
RM
's Letters to a Friend, 1950-1952, the first of two volumes of her letters to Father Johnson
, was posthumously published.
Babington Smith, Constance. Rose Macaulay. Collins.
239
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