The Priest's Daughter

Many people are used to perceiving Orwell only in the context of the dystopian genre, but the novel "A Clergyman's Daughter" will introduce you to another Orwell - a master of psychological realism. England, the era of the Great Depression. Dorothy is the daughter of the Reverend Charles Hare, the rector of St. Athelstan's Church in Suffolk. She is a skilled housewife, does good deeds, tries to cultivate only good thoughts in herself, and when bad ones arise, she pricks her hand with a pin. Even when she diligently sews costumes for a school play, she is haunted by thoughts of the poverty that surrounds her and the debts she cannot afford to pay. And suddenly she finds herself in London. She is wearing silk stockings, has money in her pocket, and cannot remember her name ... This is a novel about a girl who lost her memory due to an accident, she rethinks questions of faith and identity in a world of unemployment and hunger.