Anderby Wold

by Winifred Holtby

Overview

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic cousin, John. Together they battle to preserve Mary's neglected inheritance: their beloved farm, Anderby Wold. This labour of love - and the benevolent tyranny of traditional Yorkshire ways - has made Mary old before her time.

Then into her purposeful life comes David Rossitur. Young, red-haired, charming, eloquent: how can she help but love him? But David is from a different England - radical and committed to social change. As their confrontation and its consequences inevitably unfold, Mary's life and that of the calm village of Anderby are changed forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844087914
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) was an English journalist and novelist. Holtby was a committed socialist and feminist who wrote the classic South Riding as a warm yet sharp social critique of the well-to-do farming community she was born into. This was adapted into a British Drama film and later a television adaptation by the BBC. She wrote a lot of literary fiction, biographies and memoirs. She was a good friend of Vera Brittain, possibly portraying her as Delia in The Crowded Street. She died at the age of thirty-seven.

Editorial Reviews

"Fans of Holtby will want to pick this up and see her first novel."  —Black Dog Reviews

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