What is A Clergyman's Daughter?
{{infobox book | | name = A Clergyman's Daughter | title_orig = | translator = | image =Home of author George Orwell, Southwold - geograph.org.uk - 61720.jpg | caption = Home of author George Orwell | author = [[George Orwell]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = | published = 1935 ([[Victor Gollancz]]) | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''A Clergyman's Daughter''''' is a novel by [[George Orwell]]. It was published in 1935. It tells the story of a young woman called Dorothy Hare who loses her memory and finds herself lost in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/572/57211/a-clergyman-s-daughter.html|title=A Clergyman's Daughter|first=George|last=Orwell|website=www.penguin.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Background== George Orwell spent some time living rough on the streets and working in fields in [[Kent]] so that he could understand what life was like for poor people. These experiences gave Orwell some of the ideas he used for the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/books-by-orwell/a-clergymans-daughter/|title=A Clergyman's Daughter|website=The Orwell Prize}}</ref> After the book was released, Orwell said that he did not like it and he did not want it to be published again whilst he was alive. He did say that it could be published again if his family needed money after he died. ==Plot== The story has five chapters which are each written in a different style. ===Chapter 1=== Dorothy Hare is a young woman who lives with her father, a [[clergyman]]. He is very strict and treats Dorothy badly. She spends her days working hard for her father with no time for herself. One evening, she is invited to dinner by a male friend, Mr. Warbuton, who sexually assaults her. Afterwards, she st