Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925) was an English novelist who gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for her trenchant exploration of social mores and gender issues. Born into a clergyman's family in Hodnet, Shropshire, she spent much of her life there, which heavily influenced her writing. A writer ahead of her time, Cholmondeley's work often critiqued the stifling norms of her ...