Precious Bane |
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Mary Webb
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Pages: 320 (Hardcover)
Pub: Jonathan Cape
Pub date: 1931
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 77697
Editorial Review:
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.
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Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> By Period -> 20th Century -> Authors, A-Z -> W -> Webb, Mary
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Books -> Subjects -> Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable -> By Subject -> Fiction
Books -> Subjects -> Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable -> By Publication Date -> 1901-1950 -> 1931-1940
Books -> Refinements -> Language (feature_browse-bin) -> English