Precious Bane - Couverture souple

Webb, Mary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140052992 ISBN 13 : 9780140052992

Editeur : Penguin, 1981

Synopsis

Prue Sarn first saw Kester Woodseaves at a love spinning, and tried to forget that she was hare-shotten and accursed. One night he came to meet her. After the firing of the harvest and the bitterness and violence that Gideon, her brother, brings to the family, only Kester can save Prue.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

PRECIOUS BANE won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse Prize. In 1957 and 1989 it was made into a BBC television drama. The story is narrated by the central character Prue Sarn, whose life is blighted by having a harelip. Only the weaver, Kester Woodseaves, perceives her inner beauty but Prue cannot believe herself worthy of him. Prue is wrongly accused of murder and only one man can save her and take her away to the happiness she believes she can never possess because of her harelip.

Author Mary Webb had many readers in her lifetime but was not otherwise greatly esteemed by critics. It was only after her death that Stanley Baldwin, then Britain's Prime Minister, brought about her commercial success, referring to her as a neglected genius. Consequently her collected works were republished and became best sellers in the 1930s, running into many editions.

Her work is still widely admired, and PRECIOUS BANE has survived as her imperishable and most popular novel.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Narrated by the central character Prue Sarn, whose life is blighted by having a harelip. Only the weaver, Kester Woodseaves, perceives her inner beauty but Prue cannot believe herself worthy of him. Prue is wrongly accused of murder and only one man can save her and take her away to the happiness she believes she can never possess because of her harelip. A forgotten classic set in rural Shropshire at the turn of the 19th century blends a simple, rustic love story with a profound sense of nature’s mystic truth. Prue Sarn is an original and appealing heroine of English literature as she triumphs over a physical handicap to win her heart’s desire. Skillfully woven through this story is the aura of the English countryside, its flora and fauna anticipating every turn of the plot.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1981
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140052992
• ISBN 13: 9780140052992
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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