En los tiempos de las guerras napoleónicas, la joven Prudence Sarn, rechazada por sus supersticiosos vecinos debido a su labio leporino, halla refugio en la cautivadora naturaleza de Shropshire. En la...

Mary Webb's 'Precious Bane' is a captivating tale set in rural Shropshire, England, that explores the themes of love, redemption, and societal norms. The narrative is rich in vivid descriptions of the...

Mary Webb's novel, 'Armour Wherein He Trusted,' provides a captivating glimpse into the life of a young man struggling with dilemmas of love, duty, and honor in the early 20th century. Set in a rural...

Mary Webb's novel, 'The House in Dormer Forest,' is a captivating and lyrical exploration of love, loss, and nature set in the english countryside. Webb's poetic prose transports the reader to a world...

Mary Webb's 'The Golden Arrow' is a compelling novel set in the pastoral English countryside, rich with symbolic imagery and vivid descriptions. This book explores themes of love, duty, and the clash...

Mary Webb's 'Armour Wherein He Trusted' is a captivating novel set in rural England, focusing on themes of love, loyalty, and betrayal. Webb's poetic prose and vivid descriptions transport the reader...

The daughter of a Welsh gypsy and a crazy bee-keeper, Hazel Woodus is happiest living in her forest cottage in the remote Shropshire hills, at one with the winds and seasons, protector and friend of the...

'Brighter and better than Thomas Hardy . . . a marvellous writer' Eloise Millar, GuardianPrudence Sarn was born with a cleft palate, her 'precious bane', for which she is persecuted as a witch by her...

This is the story of us all at Sarn, of Mother and Gideon and me, and Jancis, and Wizard Beguildy, and the two or three other folk that lived in those parts, that I did set out to tell. There were but...

Are unique occurrences in life that stop and give you pause mere coincidences? Or are they really perfectly timed miracles from God? When completely healthy 4-year-old Quentin's sudden mysterious ailments...

Published in 1924, Precious Bane is a novel by Mary Webb (1881 - 1927) which touches on ambition, prejudice and hatred but also on the power of love. Prue Sarn is a farm girl in rural Shropshire during...

"Mary Webb was a novelist and poet and two of her novels ""Gone to Earth"" and ""Precious Bane"" have been successfully adapted for film and television. She was passionate about nature and particularly...

Gone to Earth is the cry of fox hunters as the fox takes to its den and they lose the chase. Here, Mary Webb tells the story of Hazel Woodus whose understanding of her half tame fox cub contrasts with...

L'irrésistible ascension de Becky Sharp, jeune institutrice pauvre dans l'Angleterre georgienne, prête à tout pour gravir les échelons de la bonne société. Classique universel, ce grand...

Discover the world of ghosts and spirits with this collection of classics on ghosts. The best of the genre's literature. The Judge's House by Bram Stoker (1847–1912) The Red Room by H. G. Wells...