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by Mary Webb
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary WebbPublish date:1990-08-31Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Notre Dame PressISBN-13:9780268015381ISBN-10:268015384UPC:9780268015381Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Classics, HistoricalSize:8.12 x 5.46 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCCXZJYE3W
Born at the time of Waterloo in the wild country of Shropshire, Prudence Sarn is a wild, passionate girl, cursed with a hare lip -- her 'precious bane'. Cursed for it, too, by the superstitious people amongst whom she lives. Prue loves two things: the remote countryside of her birth and, hopelessly, Kester Woodseaves, the weaver. The tale of how Woodseaves gradually discerns Prue's true beauty is set against the tragic drama of Prue's brother, Gideon, a driven man who is out of harmony with the natural world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Notre Dame PressISBN-13:9780268015381ISBN-10:268015384UPC:9780268015381Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Classics, HistoricalSize:8.12 x 5.46 x 0.96 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCCXZJYE3W

Mary Gladys Webb (1881-1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film Gone to Earth in 1950 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger based on the novel of the same title. The novels are thought to have inspired the famous parody Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons.


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