The Combined Maze (Annotated)

The Combined Maze (1913) is May Sinclair's acute Edwardian study of lower-middle-class London life, centred on Ranny Ransome, an energetic young shopman whose marriage to Violet Usher draws him into a labyrinth of duty, erotic disappointment, poverty, and moral endurance. Sinclair's style combines social realism with psychological penetration: ordinary domestic scenes become charged with inward co...