{"product_id":"chase-of-the-wild-goose-9781739744106","title":"Chase of the Wild Goose","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, known as the Ladies of Llangollen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"They made a noise in the world which has never since died out, and which we, their spiritual descendants, continue to echo.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate 18th century Ireland. Two women from noble families - Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby - meet and form an intense romantic friendship. Against the will of their families - and overcoming the many obstacles placed before them - they leave Ireland and finally settle at Plas Newydd, North Wales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is here they achieve fame and notoriety; it is here they become the Ladies of Llangollen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChase of the Wild Goose \u003c\/em\u003eis the forgotten queer novel of the interwar era - an amiable companion to Woolf's time-travelling \u003cem\u003eOrlando \u003c\/em\u003eand joyful antidote to the misery of \u003cem\u003eThe Well of Loneliness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA historical fiction dedicated to the Ladies of Llangollen, first published by the Hogarth Press in 1936, Gordon's Chase celebrates the search - and psychic need - for queer foremothers, and delights in finding them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new afterword by Nicola Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gordon's spirited, romantic account of the lives of the Ladies of Llangollen is a fascinating piece of queer literary history in its own right. A claiming of kinship, across time, with two remarkable women, it's a deeply feminist work, a celebration of courage and nonconformity. It's also endearingly odd! Part biography, part novel, part spiritual memoir, it's wholly bold and eccentric and I'm delighted to see it reprinted.\" - Sarah Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52269649592603,"sku":"9781739744106","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/8392\/2459\/files\/SFRpdG4yS0hYZ0Rlc0NjRVRPSUNNZz09.jpg?v=1779984968","url":"https:\/\/sapphicsociety.com\/en-ca\/products\/chase-of-the-wild-goose-9781739744106","provider":"Sapphic Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}