Precious Bane
$22.50
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2021
Summary
‘Brighter and better than Thomas Hardy … a marvellous writer’ Eloise Millar, *Guardian*
Prudence Sarn was born with a cleft palate, her ‘precious bane’, for which she is persecuted as a witch by her superstitious neighbours. Hiding from daily ridicule, she takes refuge in the wild Shropshire countryside, developing a profound love of nature. Furtively, Prue longs to be loved and harbours a hopeless passion for Kester Woodseaves, the weaver.
Prue’s brother, Gid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349015644 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349015643 |
| Author: | Mary Webb |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Mary Webb need fear no comparison with any writer who has attempted to capture the soul of nature in words
Brighter and better than Thomas Hardy … a marvellous writer – Eloise Millar * Guardian *
Mary Webb need fear no comparison with any writer who has attempted to capture the soul of nature in words – John Buchan
With the publication of Precious Bane, a substantial readership came to respect Mary Webb’s quiet genius; and it is for this country classic that she has been remembered ever since. When she died at the age of 46, literature lost a voice that promised to speak for Shropshire as poignantly as Thomas Hardy had spoken for Wessex, Emily Bronte for Yorkshire * New York Times *
[Webb] was a great mystic and a master of both “inscape” and landscape. Any dull afternoon in London is lifted by being transported to the Mary Webb country of the Shropshire hills and the Welsh borderland * Mail on Sunday *
Mary Webb need fear no comparison with any writer who has attempted to capture the soul of nature in words * JOHN BUCHAN *
[Webb] was a great mystic and a master of both “inscape” and landscape. Any dull afternoon in London is lifted by being transported to the Mary Webb country of the Shropshire hills and the Welsh borderland. * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
About The Author
Mary Webb
Mary Webb (1881-1927), poet, mystic and lover of nature, spent most of her life in Shropshire, which features in all of her novels. Admiring contemporaries described Webb as a ‘strange genius’ and ‘one of the best living writers’. After a life of illness and near-poverty, Mary Webb died in Hampstead.
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