Many are accustomed to perceive Orwell only in the key of the genre of dystopia, but the novel “The Priest’s Daughter” will introduce you to another Orwell a master of psychological realism. England, the era of the Great Depression . Dorothy daughter of the Reverend Charles Hare, abbot of St Athelstan's Church in Suffolk . She is a skilled hostess, does good deeds, tries to cultivate only good thoughts in herself, and when bad ones arise, she pricks her hand with a pin . Even as she diligently sews costumes for a school play, she is haunted by thoughts of the poverty that surrounds her and the debts she cannot afford to pay. And suddenly she's in London.... She has silk stockings in her pocket money, and she can't remember her name...This is a novel about a girl who lost her memory due to an accident, she reinterprets for herself the issues of faith and identity in the world of unemployment and hunger.