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She arouses the emotion of recognition in any one who has ever risen from hard-earned repose morning after morning to face the terrible trifles of the day.’ The (London) Times made the same point when it said that ‘she had an almost uncanny gift for converting the small and familiar dullnesses of everyday life into laughter’. India Knight once said that she ‘re-read for the nth time E M Delaifled’s dry, caustic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of a Provincial Lady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand howled with laughter’. 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And what she describes throughout her short stories are people, and particularly parents, who defy this maxim. For this reason her work is timeless, like all great writing. It is irrelevant that Dorothy Whipple’s novels were set in an era when middle-class women expected to have a maid; when fish knives were used for eating fish; when children did what they were told. The moral universe she creates has not changed: there are bullies in every part of society; people try their best but often fail; they would like to be unselfish but sometimes are greedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike George Eliot, like Mrs Gaskell, like EM Forster, Dorothy Whipple describes men and women in their social milieu, which in her case is the inter-war period, and shows them being all too human. But her books are not nostalgia reads either, any more than reading George Eliot or Forster is a nostalgia read, nor are they old-fashioned or simplistic. 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Stella smiled radiantly. “Yes, Mother.” “When we thought you were with Beryl Payne, do you mean?” asked Alice. “Yes, but it doesn't matter now, does it?”’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prose is pure, uncluttered, straightforward, pared down to the bone; it never labours the point (the key word in these few lines is ‘radiantly’) but most writers would expend sentences telling us about Stella’s demeanour rather than the subtle, throwaway and poignant word (poignant because we know that Stella, like Babs, will be slapped down). Dorothy Whipple's subtlety is the reason why so many people – generally those who have not read her – overlook her excellence. 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There is a dominant father and a socially ambitious mother who adores her son Dennis, who is a composer. When he arrives it is at once clear to the reader why he does not fit in with his smugly conventional family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, with the outbreak of WW1, the tone of the book changes: it focuses on Dennis’s refusal to fight, his friendships with other conscientious objectors, his love affair with a mining engineer named Alan, and his close relationship with Antoinette, who has not yet realised that she too is queer but is joyous at the prospect when she does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ‘Gladly, gratefully Antoinette welcomed [Hester’s] advent, and the rush of emotion which she had called forth; turned with relief from her fruitless search in the world of masculinity, to give herself up to whole-hearted worship of this proud silent woman, who had had the power to arouse her from her temporary lethargy. And in so doing, Antoinette was free from the least taint of morbidity; unaware that there was aught of unusual about her attitude... she merely felt that she was coming into her own again, and was healthy-minded and joyous in her unquestioning obedience to the dictates of her inmost nature.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDespised and Rejected\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einitially appeared in May 1918 under a pseudonym, AT Fitzroy. By September, the publisher was on trial, accused of being ‘likely to prejudice the recruiting of persons to serve in His Majesty’s Forces, and their training and discipline.’ He was convicted, fined, and the remaining 230 copies of the original printing were seized. As a result the book vanished from sight for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDespised and Rejected\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis brave, original and moving and makes a compelling argument for the wrongs of war; it is a landmark in gay literature, and also a page-turner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Gertler (1913) by John Currie, 1884-1914 © The Potteries Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 344 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Persephone Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Persephone Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781906462628\u003cbr\u003ePublished:16 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003eWeight:434g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62896315269469,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/DESPISED-AND-REJECTED_classic_150x_e20f224a-4d1c-472f-b64f-c7712a2706f1.avif?v=1765815561"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/collections\/category-banner_59914e22-d066-43a7-9011-69918688d8ed.jpg?v=1754475339","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/collections\/cultural-history.oembed?page=8","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}