Isobel Violet Hunt was a British author and literary hostess. She was an active feminist. She covered several literary forms, including short stories, novels, memoirs, and biographies.
Violet Hunt tells us an interesting story about Joseph Mardell through this short novella. Joseph Mardell’s second wife finds out that her cook has seen a funeral possession leaving their neighboring building on Christmas day. The building is a nursing home, and an actress waiting for an operation is the only person living there. The striking similarity between the actress in the nursing home and Mardell’s first wife, Julia makes things more complicated
“All artists are nothing but divine children.”
Who is actually the person in the nursing home? Why was there a funeral procession on Christmas day? The author tries to answer these questions through this book.