Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 236 Macaulay, Rose 1881 1958 Macaulay, Emilie Rose, Dame Macaulay, R. (Rose) Macaulay, Dame Rose Potterism: A Tragi-Farcical Tract Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Potterism: A Tragi-Farcical Tract" by Rose Macaulay is a satirical novel written during the early 20th century. The book follows the lives of twins Johnny and Jane Potter as they navigate post-Oxford life amidst the conflicting influences of their parents, particularly their mother, Leila Yorke, a novelist, and their father, a newspaper press owner. The siblings harbor ambitions for literary careers, yet they are determined to critique and distance themselves from what they perceive as the mediocrity epitomized by "Potterism," a term used to denote their family's legacy in literature and journalism. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the Potters, who have just completed their university education. The twins' backgrounds reveal their mixed feelings toward their parents' work; they grapple with notions of duty, ambition, and societal expectations. Their mother expresses a desire to write an Oxford novel, which the twins spontaneously reject, showcasing the generational differences in their creative pursuits. As the twins return home and discuss their futures, the themes of ambition, family dynamics, and societal critique are woven throughout, setting the stage for exploration of the concept of Potterism as they react to the broader social changes of their time. Jane, in particular, is depicted with a strong desire to forge her own identity, pushing against the constraints of her upbringing and the expected roles of women in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Journalists -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 444870 2025-10-05T06:38:05.038857 text/html 444850 444730 2024-11-05T08:16:27.964009 2023-10-05T08:26:20.543653 text/html text/html 243277 2025-10-05T06:38:12.799005 application/epub+zip 248312 2025-10-05T06:38:07.885790 application/epub+zip 238858 2025-10-05T06:38:06.730808 application/epub+zip 421026 2025-10-05T06:38:16.669812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388320 2025-10-05T06:38:12.079835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348330 2022-09-05T11:57:54.983578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401466 2025-10-05T06:38:04.660792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 381694 2024-10-28T18:29:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17583 2025-10-05T06:38:16.793841 application/rdf+xml 11526 2025-10-05T06:38:07.216829 image/jpeg 2837 2025-10-05T06:38:06.970862 image/jpeg 238714 2025-10-05T06:38:05.072813 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia