Chase of the Wild Goose

<p>The story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby known as the Ladies of Llangollen</p><p></p><p>They made a noise in the world which has never since died out and which we their spiritual descendants continue to echo.</p><p></p><p>Late 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. </p><p></p><p>It is here they achieve fame and notoriety; it is here they become the Ladies of Llangollen. </p><p></p><p><em>Chase of the Wild Goose </em>is the forgotten queer novel of the interwar era - an amiable companion to Woolf's time-travelling <em>Orlando </em>and joyful antidote to the misery of <em>The Well of Loneliness.</em></p><p></p><p>A 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.</p><p></p><p>With a new afterword by Nicola Wilson.</p><p></p><p>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</p><p></p>